JEDDAH, August 25, 2025 (WAFA) – The foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Monday passed a resolution affirming that a just, lasting and comprehensive peace can only be achieved through the implementation of the two-state solution.
In the resolution they adopted during the 21st extraordinary session, held at OIC headquarters in Jeddah at the request of Palestine, Türkiye, and Iran, the foreign ministers of the OIC member states expressed their “strong rejection and condemnation of Israel's announcement regarding its plans to impose full occupation and military control over the Gaza Strip and any schemes, regardless of their nature, aimed to displace the Palestinian people forcibly.”
They slammed Israel’s announcement and schemes as “a dangerous and unacceptable escalation, an attempt to reinforce illegal occupation, and a means to impose a fait accompli through force,” warning that “Such illegal actions threaten regional and international peace and security and represent a blatant violation of international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law, relevant resolutions of international legitimacy, as well as the advisory opinion and provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice.”
They held “Israel, as the occupying power, fully responsible for the acts of genocide, the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, and the famine affecting the Gaza Strip,” and demanded that “Israel open all crossings and urgently allow the unhindered and unconditional entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, including sufficient food, medicine, and fuel, and ensure that relief agencies and international humanitarian organizations, particularly UNRWA, can operate freely,” in line with international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and relevant UN resolutions.
They emphasized “the importance and the need for the international community to responsibly approach the provisions of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system (IPC) adopted by the United Nations on the occurrence of famine in the Gaza Strip for the first time and on an International level”.
They held “the Israeli occupation fully and directly responsible for this crime and its repercussions, Calls on the international community to take urgent action and operationalize all international emergency mechanisms to ensure the immediate, adequate and unimpeded flow of humanitarian and food aid to the Gaza Strip, and stresses the need to refer the issue of the Israeli crimes of starvation and siege laid to the Gaza Strip to the International Criminal Court.”
They stressed “the importance of the Government of the State of Palestine taking full responsibility for governance and security in the entire Occupied Palestinian Territory,”
and called for “comprehensive support from both OIC Member States and the international community to facilitate this.”
They highlighted “the necessity of providing various forms of assistance to the Palestinian government, specifically through the activation of the Islamic Financial Safety Net, following agreed-upon transparent mechanisms,” and urged the international community to “pressure the Israeli occupation to immediately and wholly release all Palestinian tax revenues that have been illegally withheld.”
They affirmed that “a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace can only be achieved through the implementation of the two-state solution. This solution requires ending the Israeli occupation, ensuring the establishment of an independent and sovereign State of Palestine based on the Pre-June 4, 1967 Borders, with East Al-Quds as its capital, as per international law, relevant United Nations resolutions, and the Arab Peace Initiative.”
They highly valued “the positions and decisions of countries that have recognized or announced their intention to recognize the State of Palestine next September 2025,” and hailed this recognition as “a confirmation and fundamental support for the Palestinian people’s natural, historical, and legal right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state.”
They urged “all states that have not yet recognized Palestine to fulfil their duty to do so
and to support its full membership in the United Nations,” while noting that “This recognition is considered essential for implementing and protecting the two-state solution and for achieving peace, stability, and security in the region.”
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