CAIRO, February 15, 2026 (WAFA) – 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.
The statement added that this step represents an attempt to impose a new legal and administrative reality aimed at consolidating control over the occupied territory, thereby undermining the two-state solution, weakening the prospects for establishing a viable and independent Palestinian state, and threatening the prospects of achieving a just and comprehensive peace in the region.
Egypt reiterated its full rejection of all unilateral measures aimed at changing the legal, demographic, and historical status of the occupied Palestinian land, stressing that these policies constitute a serious escalation that would exacerbate tensions and instability in the Palestinian Territory and the region as a whole.
Egypt called on the international community to assume its responsibilities, take clear steps to halt these violations, ensure respect for the rules of international law, and protect the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, particularly their right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state on the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
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