Malaysia condemns Israeli illegal settlement in occupied Palestinian territory
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| A picture taken with a drone shows the Israeli settlement of Sde Boaz, in the Gush Etzion settlement block in the West Bank, 16 February 2023. The Sde Boaz outpost was established in 2000 and houses mixed secular and religious population of 45 families in total. Sde Boaz is one of the nine settlements to be legalised by the Israeli cabinet in the West Bank. - EPA PIC |
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has unreservedly condemned and rejected the recent decision by the Israeli regime to legalize nine outposts and illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank.
The Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) in a Friday statement said such decisions and the existence of illegal settlements and their expansion clearly violated international law and humanitarian law.
These include the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War and many United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, particularly Resolution 2334 (2016).
"The UNSC has the primary responsibility for ensuring respect for an adherence to its resolutions," the statement read.
The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is an internationally-recognized Palestinian territory, adding that the expansion of Israeli illegal settlements means more and more Palestinian lands are being confiscated illegally.
"Legalising those settlements is a clear attempt to make the Israeli occupation permanent," it said.
