The US administration´s Middle East envoy, Jason Greenblatt, has opposed the use of the term "occupation" against Israeli actions in the Palestinian territories.
Greenblatt said Thursday in a statement to CNN on the sidelines of the Bahrain Economic Workshop on the New Middle East Peace Plan, known as the "Century Deal", that there is a dispute over the land, but there are no limits Drawn up under UN Security Council Resolution 242, and therefore Donald Trump´s administration regards this area as "disputed territory."
The Israeli envoy said Israeli measures such as restrictions on Palestinian movement in the West Bank, construction of barrier walls and barbed wire construction, "unfortunately exist for security reasons", have implications for the Palestinian economy, but "we have to understand why these restrictions exist. "
The Palestinian Authority stated its rejection of the "Deal of the Century" America, considering it biased, against the backdrop of a series of steps taken by the Trump administration, the first recognition of the city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced ahead of elections in April that he intends to annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank, which is occupied territory under international law.
