  {"id":312525,"date":"2025-10-23T10:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=312525"},"modified":"2025-10-27T10:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:27:21","slug":"joint-statement-member-states-23oct25","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/joint-statement-member-states-23oct25\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Statement condemning Israeli illegal legislative measures aiming to impose sovereignty over the occupied West Bank (Non-UN Document)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a non-United Nations document. The United Nations provides these documents only as a convenience for reference purposes, and the inclusion of a document does not imply the endorsement of its content by the United Nations<\/em><\/p>\n<p>23 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye, the Republic of Djibouti, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, Republic of The Gambia, the State of Palestine, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait, the State of Libya, Malaysia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the League of Arab States, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, condemn in the strongest terms the approval of Israeli Knesset of two draft laws aiming to impose a so called \u201cIsraeli sovereignty\u201d over the occupied West Bank, and on Israeli illegal colonial settlements as a blatant violation of international law, and of United Nations Security Council resolutions particularly Resolution 2334, which condemns all Israeli measures aimed at altering the demographic composition, character, and status of the occupied Palestinian territory since 1967, including East Jerusalem \u2014 in addition to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, which affirmed the illegality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and the invalidity of settlement construction and annexation measures in the occupied West Bank. They reaffirm that Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territory.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, they welcome the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice of 22 October 2025 on Israel\u2019s Obligations in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in which the Court reaffirmed Israel\u2019s obligation under international humanitarian law to ensure that the population of the OPT, including Gaza, has the essential supplies of daily life, and to agree to and facilitate by all means at its disposal relief schemes on behalf of the population, including through the United Nations and its entities, particularly the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).<\/p>\n<p>The Court confirmed Israel\u2019s obligation to respect the prohibition on the use of starvation, recalling Israel\u2019s blocking of aid into the Gaza Strip and reaffirmed the prohibition of mass forcible transfer and deportation, recalling that this also includes inflicting conditions of life that are intolerable. The court further reaffirmed the Palestinian people\u2019s right to self-determination and independent statehood, recalling that Israel\u2019s territorial claim over East Jerusalem has been declared \u201cnull and void\u201d by the Security Council, which includes the \u201cLaw to Cease UNRWA Operations in the Territory of the State of Israel\u201d, which purports to apply to East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>They warn against the continuation of Israel\u2019s unilateral and illegal policies and practices and call on the international community to shoulder its legal and moral responsibilities and to compel Israel to cease its dangerous escalation and unlawful measures in the occupied \u00a0Palestinian territory, and to uphold the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to establish their independent and sovereign state on the lines of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital as the only path toward achieving a just and comprehensive peace that ensures security and stability in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This is a non-United Nations document. 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