Malaysia Strongly Condemns Israel's Motion To Annex The West Bank
PUTRAJAYA, July 25 (Bernama) -- Malaysia unreservedly condemns a recent motion by the Israeli Knesset to annex the occupied West Bank, describing it as a provocative act and an outright disregard for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
The Malaysian Foreign Ministry said the Zionist regime's decision on July 23 constitutes a blatant violation of international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention.
'It further violates several United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions, namely Resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), and 2334 (2016), that invalidate any attempt to legitimise the regime's illegal occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
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'This decision is another provocation and clear manifestation of the regime's blatant disregard for the Palestinian legitimate rights to self-determination, rights to return, and rights to resist occupation as enshrined in the UN Charter,' it said in a statement Friday.
The regime's continuous aggression is emboldened by decades of impunity and lack of accountability for its actions in the OPT, it added.
Malaysia called on the international community and the UN to reject the motion unequivocally and to take concrete steps to halt Israel's systematic violation of international law, the statement said.
If allowed to manifest, the international community would be equally complicit in the gravest of war crimes of this century committed by the Israeli Zionist regime against the Palestinian people, the statement further said.
The ministry reaffirmed Malaysia's unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people and their inalienable right to self-determination, supporting the establishment of an independent and sovereign State of Palestine, based on pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, and its rightful membership in the UN.
Members of the Israeli Knesset on Wednesday voted 71-13 in favour of "annexing" the Palestinian territory, according to international media.
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