{"id":612440,"date":"2026-02-24T09:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/612440\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:14:18","slug":"ministers-condemn-israels-west-bank-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/612440\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministers condemn Israel\u2019s West Bank expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The foreign ministers of Brazil, France, Spain, Turkey, and various other states condemned Israeli decisions that they said introduce sweeping extensions to unlawful Israeli control over the West Bank<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Changes are wide-ranging, reclassifying Palestinian<\/a> land as so-called Israeli \u2018state land\u2019, accelerating illegal settlement activity, and further entrenching Israeli administration,” said the joint statement, issued late on Monday by the Turkish Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n

Other countries that signed the statement included Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Qatar, as well as the heads of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.<\/p>\n

Israel’s cabinet on February 15 approved further measures to tighten Israel’s control over the West Bank and make it easier for settlers to buy land, a move Palestinians called a “de facto annexation.”<\/p>\n

The West Bank is among the territories that Palestinians seek for an independent future state. Much of it is under Israeli military control, with limited Palestinian self-rule in some areas run by the Western-backed Palestinian Authority.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn Israeli flag flutters, as part of the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim is visible in the background, in the West Bank, August 14, 2025. (credit: REUTERS\/Ronen Zvulun)Joint statement says decisions to annex WB violate international law<\/strong><\/p>\n

The joint statement said the settlements<\/a> and decisions designed to further them are “a flagrant violation of international law” and a step towards “unacceptable de facto annexation.”<\/p>\n

It said they also undermine the ongoing efforts for peace and stability in the region and threaten any meaningful prospect of regional integration.<\/p>\n

The West Bank annexation theme has been widely discussed worldwide, sparking diverse opinions on how Israel should address the matter.<\/p>\n

Last week, the UN convened for a discussion to deal with the Israeli government<\/a>‘s decisions to promote the further entrenchment of control in the West Bank.<\/p>\n

The session was initiated by British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper. The foreign ministers of Britain, Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain are expected to participate.<\/p>\n

Israel was represented at the meeting by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who is expected to meet with US Ambassador to the UN Mike Walz prior to the session.<\/p>\n

“Gaza must not get stuck in a no-man’s-land between peace and war,” Cooper stated, in reference to repeated ceasefire violations and Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n

She also described the uptick in settler violence against West Bank Palestinians as “deeply, deeply wrong,” as well as calling it counterproductive to the potential for future peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The foreign ministers of Brazil, France, Spain, Turkey, and various other states condemned Israeli decisions that they said…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":612441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[90437,99,50,31235,39494,1206,17262],"class_list":["post-612440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-annexation","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-palestinians","tag-settlers","tag-united-nations","tag-west-bank"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116124849040314817","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}