ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, along with seven other Islamic countries, has warned against expansionist Israeli policies and illegal measures pursued by the Israeli government in the occupied West Bank.
In a joint statement, which was issued by Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Monday, the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar condemned in the strongest terms the illegal Israeli decisions and measures aimed at imposing unlawful Israeli sovereignty, entrenching settlement activity, and enforcing a new legal and administrative reality in the occupied West Bank.
They crititicised the Israel’s accelerating attempts for illegal annexation and the displacement of the Palestinian people, reaffirming that Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territory.
The joint statement was issued a day after Israel’s security cabinet, according to Israeli media reports, approved a series of measures to facilitate land purchases by settlers in the occupied West Bank while expanding enforcement powers for Israeli authorities over Palestinians.
The Foreign Ministers of the eight Islamic countries warned against the continued expansionist Israeli policies and illegal measures pursued by the Israeli government in the occupied West Bank, which fuel violence and conflict in the region.
The Ministers expressed their absolute rejection of these illegal actions, which constitute a blatant violation of international law, undermine the two-state solution, and represent an assault on the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to realize their independent and sovereign state on the 4 June 1967 lines, with occupied Jerusalem as its capital. Such actions also undermine the ongoing efforts for peace and stability in the region.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026