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Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks at an emergency ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, held to discuss the ongoing Israeli actions in Gaza, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Aug. 25, 2025. (via Reuters/Saudi Press Agency)
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ndonesia has called on Islamic nations to unite and “use all their power and available resources” to stop Israel from fully occupying the Gaza Strip and entrenching itself further in the West Bank, during an emergency Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday.
Any attempt to implement the Greater Israel vision, Deputy Foreign Minister Anis Matta warned, would pose a significant “threat to the existence and survival of every country” in the Middle East.
Israel’s continued military operation in Gaza, combined with recent remarks by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsing the idea of expanding Israel’s borders to include parts of neighboring states, cast a shadow over the gathering of OIC representatives in Saudi Arabia.
Chaired by Turkey, the extraordinary meeting of top OIC diplomats sought to address the worsening humanitarian crises in Gaza, particularly its slide into famine.
It also followed up on the statement made by Netanyahu in mid-August claiming that he “very much” connected with the vision of Greater Israel, a Zionist term used to describe an Israeli state encompassing present-day Gaza, the West Bank, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.
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Netanyahu’s statement caused massive international outrage, especially among Middle Eastern countries, with the Arab League denouncing the vision as “an extremist mindset steeped in colonial delusions”.
