RAMALLAH, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Palestine condemned on Friday the Israeli plan to build 5,400 new units in the settlements in the West Bank.

Expanding Jewish settlements "is part of the (Israeli) unilateral moves to implement the U.S. Deal of the Century" and its plan to "annex large parts of the West Bank," the the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said in an emailed press statement.

This "disproves Israeli claim that it has frozen settlement to enable its normalization with Arab states" and "reflects the systematic American and Israeli violations of the international law and resolutions," the ministry added.

Israel Radio International earlier reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had instructed the approval of the construction of 5,400 units in the West Bank's settlements.

Israel's refusal to stop expanding settlements, one of the core issues between Israelis and Palestinians, was the main cause of the collapse of their last peace negotiations in 2014. Enditem

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