MALAYSIA STRONGLY CONDEMNS ISRAEL’S ILLEGAL LAND REGISTRATION IN OCCUPIED WEST BANK

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 19 (Bernama) -- Malaysia condemns in the "strongest terms" the Israeli Zionist regime's illegal registration of lands in the Occupied West Bank as "state land", said the country's Foreign Ministry.

The registration is a brazen attempt to legitimise, under Israeli law, actions that clearly constitute illegal settlement expansion, consolidating the unlawful occupation of the Palestinian Territory.

"Unseen since 1967, this action seizes Palestinian land, advances annexation, and flagrantly violates international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention and United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334," it said in a statement on Thursday.

The ministry, widely known as Wisma Putra, said the action entrenches the occupation, confiscates Palestinian land, and asserts control over Palestinian territory, all of which are unlawful under international law and undermine the rights of the Palestinian people and any prospects for a just two-state solution.

Malaysia, Wisma Putra said, “calls on the international community to firmly reject these illegal measures, hold Israel accountable and ensure the rights of the Palestinian people are respected, including their inalienable right to their land, which is being systematically encroached upon and appropriated through illegal settlements and registration measures.”

Malaysia reaffirmed its unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people in their legitimate struggle for freedom, justice, and statehood, based on the pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, it stressed.

-- BERNAMA