Spokesman of the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" Hazem Qassem said that the occupation's announcement to double the colonial settlement presence in the Jordan Valley area in the occupied West Bank is a continuation of aggression against the Palestinian presence and identity.

"These Zionist projects will fail and be faced by our Palestinian people's legitimate struggle until achieving freedom of our Palestinian land," Qassem added.

"The PA's policies of continuing security coordination and meeting with the occupation ministers result in the rise of colonial settlements in the West Bank," he stressed.

"The Zionist announcement of doubling the colonial settlements in the Jordan Valley coinciding with Arab leaders’ inviting the occupation leaders to visit their countries encourages the occupation to increase its crimes against our Palestinian people."