Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said, "The Israeli government is not only extremist, but a criminal government, since it has killed more than 110 of our people in cold blood since the beginning of the year, and we saw this with the martyrdom of Sheikh Khader Adnan, who the occupation authorities deliberately refused to request for his release from prison, and neglected him medically." And keep him in his cell, despite the seriousness of his health condition.

This came during his speech on the Dutch National Day (King's Day), in the presence of the representative of the Netherlands to Palestine, Michel Rentenaar, and a number of ministers, ambassadors and consuls, today, Wednesday, at the headquarters of the Dutch representative office in Ramallah.

Shtayyeh stressed the bilateral relations with the Netherlands, directly and through Europe as well, noting that "the Netherlands played an important role in making Palestine a member of the Mediterranean European neighborhood, and direct bilateral relations through political support for the two-state solution and the financial and technical support it provides, and we hope for more progress and bilateral cooperation.

He said, "In the name of President Mahmoud Abbas, the government and our people, we extend our congratulations to the Dutch King on the occasion of the National Day, and we hope to celebrate next year in Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Palestine."

He added, "The biggest challenge is how to preserve the two-state solution in light of the systematic destruction carried out by Israel, as the number of settlers in the West Bank has reached 751,000, living in more than 285 settlements, and this is the real threat to the two-state solution, and we know that the Netherlands stands with the law." and condemns the settlements.

Shtayyeh said: "What is happening today is not only settlement expansion, but also the systematic destruction of the two-state solution, the continuation of the siege of the Gaza Strip, the wall on Jerusalem, and the unjust division of lands in the West Bank, in order to prevent any opportunity for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state."

Shtayyeh expressed his hope for the international community and the friends of Palestine to work to stop all the crimes of this extremist Israeli government, as international law is indivisible and must be applied here like anywhere in the world.