Saeb Erekat, the Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the PLO has called on the German government to press on Israel in order to prevent it from implementing its plan of annexing lands from the West Bank. Erekat has stated that Germany’s presidency of the European Union and the Security Council means that it has a responsibility to conserve the international law and international legitimacy and impose sanctions on Israel for continuing its violation of the international law, in addition to the necessity of recognizing the state of Palestine on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. To check the news, click here