The foreign ministers of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar, and the Arab Republic of Egypt strongly condemned Israel’s decision to classify lands in the occupied West Bank as so-called “State Lands” and to approve the initiation of wide-scale registration and settlement procedures for these lands for the first time since 1967.
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This illegal step constitutes a serious escalation aimed at accelerating unlawful settlement activity, confiscating lands, consolidating Israeli control, and imposing illegal Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territories, undermining the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
The ministers emphasized that these measures constitute a blatant violation of international law and international humanitarian law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention, as well as relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions, foremost among them Resolution 2334.
The decision also contravenes the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice regarding the legal consequences of Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories, which emphasized the illegality of measures intended to alter the legal, historical, and demographic status of the occupied territories, and stressed the need to end the occupation and prohibit the seizure of land by force.
This move reflects an attempt to impose a new legal and administrative reality aimed at entrenching control over the occupied land, undermining the two-state solution, diminishing prospects for a viable and independent Palestinian state, and jeopardizing opportunities to achieve a just and comprehensive peace in the region.
The ministers reaffirmed their categorical rejection of all unilateral measures aimed at changing the legal, demographic, and historical status of the occupied Palestinian territories. They stressed that these policies represent a dangerous escalation that increases tensions and instability in the occupied territories and the region as a whole. They called on the international community to fulfill its responsibilities by taking clear and decisive action to halt these violations, ensure respect for international law, safeguard the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people—including their right to self-determination—end the occupation, and establish an independent sovereign Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
