An-Najah News -  Nablus - Hundreds of Palestinians, with the participation of a broad international presence, gathered in Jericho as part of the popular activities to reject and protest Israel’s unilateral annexation plan of the occupied West Bank.

The gathering was attended by representatives of the international community, headed by UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, European Union representative, consuls and representatives of foreign countries.

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, affirmed in a speech he delivered at the mass gathering, the United nations rejection of Israel’s annexation plans.

He said that the United Nations and all representatives of the international community who are present at the mass gathering, believe that annexation is against the international law, and if it happens it may kill the very idea that peace and statehood for the Palestinian people can be achieved through negotiations.

He said : We have no time to lose, in the coming days and weeks we must do everything to uphold the idea that through negotiations the Palestinians and the Israeli people can live in peace.

He added that we must stand against unilateral actions and we must ourselves take actions in support of peace.

He called on all of the international community to join the Secretary-General of the United Nations in his appeal to our colleagues and friends in the Middle East, the Russian federation, the European Union, and the United states to join in restarting meaningful negotiations between Israel and Palestine for peace based on international law and in line with UN resolutions.