The foreign ministers of Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Indonesia and Pakistan have condemned remarks by two Israeli ministers concerning the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
In a joint statement on Sunday, the ministers condemned recent remarks by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Defence Minister Israel Katz, including proposals for plans and mechanisms aimed at “forcibly removing Palestinians from their land”.
“Such inflammatory statements and proposals flagrantly violate principles of international law, including international humanitarian law, and pose a direct threat to the legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people,” they said.
The ministers reaffirmed their rejection of any attempts or plans to displace Palestinians, whether within or outside the occupied Palestinian territory. They warned against turning calls for forced displacement into declared policy or concrete measures aimed at uprooting Palestinians from their land.
The ministers stressed that the Gaza Strip is an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territory and underscored the need to preserve the unity of the Palestinian territory in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
They reaffirmed that “the only path toward achieving a just and lasting peace lies in the implementation of the two-state solution with the establishment of an independent Palestinian state along the lines of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital”.
The ministers also called on the international community, particularly the UN Security Council, to shoulder its responsibilities, firmly confront attempts to impose a new demographic or geographic reality in the occupied Palestinian territory and ensure respect for international law.
- Foreign ministers of Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Indonesia, and Pakistan condemned remarks by Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Israel Katz about displacing Palestinians from Gaza.
- The ministers stated such remarks violate international law and threaten the rights of the Palestinian people.
- They rejected any attempts or plans to forcibly displace Palestinians within or outside occupied Palestinian territory.
- The ministers emphasized Gaza is part of occupied Palestinian territory and stressed preserving its unity with the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
- They affirmed the two-state solution based on 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as the capital as the only path to lasting peace and called on the UN Security Council to act accordingly.
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"Such inflammatory statements and proposals flagrantly violate principles of international law, including international humanitarian law, and pose a direct threat to the legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people," they said.
