Nabil Amr, a former Palestinian diplomat, agreed that the U.S. decision totally contradicts the international consensus that Israeli settlements are illegal and constitute an obstacle to peace and stability in the Middle East.
"The legitimacy of settlements is not determined by an American government or any other governments in the world," Amr said.
"By adopting such illogical and immoral decision to legitimize settlement, the United States is obstructing peace that has become impossible during the time of President Donald Trump," he added.
Meanwhile, George Jokman, head of the Institute for Democratic Studies in Ramallah, said Washington's successive decisions against the Palestinian issue go against the U.S. intention to present a peace plan for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
"Instead of paving the way for a peaceful solution that has been long awaited, the United States has blocked ways to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict," the expert noted.
The Trump administration has further complicated the situation by attempting to impose solutions on the Palestinians and blackmailing them politically and economically in order to make them give up their rights and to eliminate any real opportunities for the establishment of a Palestinian state, Jokman explained.
Political ties between the United States and the Palestinian Authority have been severed right after U.S. President Donald Trump declared Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in December 2017. Washington moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May last year.
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