ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and seven other Islamic-Arab countries strongly condemned Israeli decision to designate lands in the occupied West Bank as so called “state land”, which is aimed at accelerating illegal settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territory.
In a joint statement issued by the Foreign Office on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar strongly condemned the decision taken by Israel to designate lands in the occupied West Bank as so called “state land” and approve procedures for the registration and settlement of land ownership across extensive areas of the occupied West Bank for the first time since 1967.
This illegal step constitutes a grave escalation aimed at accelerating illegal settlement activity, land confiscation, entrenching Israeli control, and applying unlawful Israeli sovereignty over the Occupied Palestinian Territory and undermining the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
The ministers affirm that these measures represent a flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention, as well as a violation of relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions, foremost among them Resolution 2334.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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