Overview
- Foreign ministers from Brazil, Saudi Arabia, France, Spain, Scandinavian states, Ireland, Portugal, Egypt, Turkey, and Indonesia, joined by the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, issued the statement on February 23.
- The communiqué condemns the measures as an unacceptable de facto annexation and calls on Israel to reverse them immediately and to respect its international obligations.
- It singles out the reclassification of Palestinian land as Israeli state land, the acceleration of settlement building, and the strengthening of Israeli administration across the territory.
- The signatories warn that these steps threaten the viability of a future Palestinian state, jeopardize the two-state framework, and endanger a 20-point plan for Gaza.
- The ministers say they are committed to take concrete measures, consistent with international law, to counter settlement expansion and annexation policies.