In a joint statement, the ministers condemned what they described as Israel’s policy of uprooting Palestinians through military operations in Gaza, the use of siege and starvation as methods of war, and the deliberate targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure.

They warned that such practices risk prolonging and widening the conflict, posing “a direct threat to regional and international peace and security.”

The ministers also denounced Israeli actions in the occupied West Bank, including settlement expansion, settler violence, home demolitions, and land confiscations, calling them flagrant violations of international humanitarian law.

They said those responsible should be held accountable for crimes that could amount to ethnic cleansing and genocide.

Reiterating their call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, they demanded that Israel lift restrictions on humanitarian access through all routes and crossings.

They also urged international backing for the return of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to Gaza to support state-building efforts.

The statement underlined that Israel’s practices contravene international law, the United Nations (UN) Charter and the rules-based order.

The ministers pressed the UN Security Council to protect Palestinians, guarantee their right to remain in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and to end Israel’s “illegal occupation.”

They concluded that the establishment of a Palestinian state along the June 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, remained the only viable solution consistent with self-determination, human rights, and international resolutions.

The Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee on Gaza, backed by the OIC, the Arab League, and the Gulf Cooperation Council, has in recent months repeatedly voiced opposition to Israeli policies, particularly any attempt to displace Palestinians.

In August, Turkey warned that Muslim countries must unite against what it called Israeli plans to take over Gaza, framing the issue as a decisive test of regional solidarity.

That call followed coordinated statements by OIC and Arab foreign ministers condemning Israel’s expanded military operations in the enclave and insisting that any attempt to alter Gaza’s demographic reality would be a violation of international law.

Earlier this year, Arab and Islamic states rejected colonialist-style proposals floated by US President Donald Trump, suggesting that Gaza’s population be forcibly displaced to surrounding nations. 

Ministers described such ideas as “unacceptable and unlawful,” stressing that Palestinians have the right to remain on their land and determine their own future.