Cairo, July 31 (KCNA) -- The Egyptian foreign minister at a press conference on July 27 accused Israel of its move to expand the Jewish settlements.

As regards the Israeli authorities' decision to build new Jewish settlements in the West Bank, he termed it a deliberate behavior ignoring the peaceful settlement of the Mideast issue.

The construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories of Palestine is illegal from A to Z, he noted, stressing that the above-said move of Israel is bound to go bust.