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Heavy machinery demolishes a Palestinian building on Feb 18, 2026, near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (Reuters/Mussa Qawasma)
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ndonesia and seven other Muslim countries have strongly condemned Israel’s decision to claim large tracts of land in the occupied West Bank as “state land” and to approve land registration there, calling the move a grave violation of international law.
The Israeli cabinet on Sunday voted in favor of beginning a land registration process in the West Bank for the first time since 1967, a move seen by many, including the Palestinian Authority, as measures to tighten Israel’s control over the area by making it easier for Jewish settlers to buy land and ultimately annex the area.
In a joint statement on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Sugiono and his counterparts from Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates said the decision marked a dangerous escalation aimed at accelerating settlement expansion and entrenching Israeli control over the occupied Palestinian territory.
All of these countries, excluding Egypt, are members of the United States-led Board of Peace, which will convene this week in Washington.
“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,” the foreign ministers said.
They stressed that the measure represents a “flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law”, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention ratified by 192 nations in the aftermath of World War II and the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 adopted in 2016.
The fourth convention prohibits the occupying power from transferring parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, while the UNSC resolution states that Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory have no legal validity.
