Egypt has strongly condemned the Israeli government’s decision to resume land registration and ownership procedures in large areas of the occupied West Bank for the first time since 1967.
In a statement, The Foreign Ministry described the decision as a dangerous escalation aimed at solidifying Israeli control over Palestinian territories and undermining the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
These actions constitute a blatant violation of international law and international humanitarian law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention, as well as relevant UN Security Council resolutions, most notably Resolution 2334, said the statement.
The measures also contradict the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, which affirmed the illegality of Israeli policies and practices that alter the legal, historical, and demographic status of the occupied Palestinian territories. The ICJ highlighted the obligation to end the occupation and that lands cannot be acquired by force, it added.
Egypt stressed that the move represents an attempt to impose a new legal and administrative reality on the ground, which threatens the two-state solution, undermines the prospects of establishing a viable and independent Palestinian state, and jeopardizes efforts to achieve just and comprehensive peace in the region.
The statement reiterated Egypt’s full rejection of any unilateral measures aimed at changing the legal, demographic, or historical status of Palestinian lands and warned that such policies could further escalate tensions and instability in the Palestinian territories and across the region.
Egypt called on the international community to fulfill its responsibilities by taking clear steps to halt these violations, ensure respect for international law, and safeguard the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, foremost among them the right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
