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The foreign ministers of Türkiye, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates condemned Israel’s decision to designate large areas in the occupied West Bank as “state land,” calling it a serious escalation that violates international law.
According to a statement released by Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry, the ministers criticized Israel’s approval of procedures to register and settle land ownership across extensive areas of the West Bank, the first such measure since 1967.
The joint statement described the move as illegal and warned that it would accelerate settlement expansion and land confiscation.
“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,” the statement said.
The ministers said the decision breaches international humanitarian law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention, as well as relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions, particularly Resolution 2334, which calls on Israel to halt settlement activity.
The statement also referred to an advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice, saying the measure contradicts findings that policies altering the legal, historical and demographic status of the occupied territory are unlawful.
The ministers warned that the move appears designed to impose “a new legal and administrative reality” that threatens the viability of a two-state solution and risks further destabilizing the region.
Reaffirming their rejection of unilateral measures, the ministers urged the international community to take “clear and decisive steps” to halt violations and protect Palestinian rights, including self-determination and the establishment of an independent state along the June 4, 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital.
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