Prime Minister, Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh called on the US Administration to cancel the plan for the new US embassy complex to be built in Jerusalem, stressing that the land on which the complex will be built is usurped Palestinian-owned land, seized illegally under the Israeli "Absentee Property Law" of 1950.

Speaking at the outset of the cabinet weekly meeting, Dr. Shtayyeh welcomed the vote at the 4th Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA); the “Special Political and Decolonization Committee”, in favor of endorsing four resolutions for the State of Palestine. The resolutions will be adopted later in the General Assembly, affirming the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, foremost of which is their right to self-determination, the establishment of an independent Palestinian State on the lines of 1967, refugees right of return to their homes in accordance with 194 Resolution, the rejection of illegal settlements, and the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) for 3 years. 

The cabinet welcomed the committee’s adoption of Palestine’s request to a legal advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the existence of the Israeli colonial occupation on Palestinian lands, including Jerusalem. The cabinet thanked the countries that voted for the resolution, and called on the countries that did not vote for the resolution, and demanded to reconsider their positions, abiding international law and not stand on the wrong side of history. 

The Prime Minister concluded this session by highlighting the occupation ongoing violations against Palestinians through its military raids into the cities, the latest of which was storming town of Beitunia, near Ramallah, during which a 15-year-old girl was killed and another person was injured.