Egypt condemns Israeli occupation’s decision to resume land registration in West Bank

CAIRO, Feb. 16 (YPA) – The Arab Republic of Egypt condemned the Israeli occupation’s decision to resume the registration and settlement of lands in extensive areas of the occupied West Bank for the first time since 1967, describing it as a serious escalation aimed at consolidating Israeli control over the occupied Palestinian Territory and undermining the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed in a statement today, Sunday, that these measures constitute a clear violation of international law and international humanitarian law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention and relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions, foremost among them Resolution 2334.

The statement noted that these measures also contradict the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the Israeli policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian Territory, which confirmed the illegality of actions aimed at altering the legal, historical, and demographic status of the occupied Palestinian land, and emphasized the necessity of ending the occupation and that acquiring land by force is inadmissible.

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