Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia, alongside key Arab and Islamic international locations, has strongly condemned the Israeli Knesset’s current declaration calling for the imposition of so-called “Israeli sovereignty” over the occupied West Financial institution, denouncing it as a blatant and unacceptable violation of worldwide regulation.
In a joint assertion issued on Thursday by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs, the condemnation was supported by Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Nigeria, Palestine, Qatar, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the League of Arab States, and the Group of Islamic Cooperation.
The group of countries described the Israeli transfer as a “flagrant breach” of a number of United Nations Safety Council resolutions, together with Resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), and 2334 (2016). All these resolutions reject the legitimacy of the Israeli occupation and settlement exercise in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
The joint assertion reaffirmed that Israel holds no sovereignty over the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with East Jerusalem, which was described as an integral a part of the Palestinian state.
The declaration additional emphasised that the unilateral Israeli motion has no authorized impact and solely serves to escalate tensions within the area—already worsened by ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the ensuing humanitarian disaster.
The signatories known as on the worldwide neighborhood, notably the UN Safety Council and different related our bodies, to uphold their authorized and ethical duties by performing to halt Israel’s unlawful insurance policies, together with makes an attempt to impose a fait accompli by pressure.
Such actions, they warned, jeopardize the prospect of a simply and lasting peace, and undermine the viability of the two-state answer.
Concluding the assertion, the events reaffirmed their unwavering dedication to the institution of an unbiased, sovereign Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in keeping with worldwide regulation and the Arab Peace Initiative.