UAE, Saudi Arabia, other Muslim countries condemn Israel’s West Bank land registration decision

Eight Muslim countries, including Israel’s regional partners, issue a statement condemning the opening of a land registration process in the West Bank for the first time since 1967, calling it a “flagrant violation of international law.”

“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,” say the foreign ministers of Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.

“The Ministers reiterate their categorical rejection of all unilateral measures aimed at altering the legal, demographic, and historical status of the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” they say.

“They stress that such policies constitute a dangerous escalation that will further heighten tensions and instability in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the region as a whole.”