{"id":7121,"date":"2025-08-25T18:14:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=7121"},"modified":"2025-08-25T18:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:14:40","slug":"pakistan-slams-israels-greater-israel-plan-urges-oic-to-act-on-palestine-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/pakistan-slams-israels-greater-israel-plan-urges-oic-to-act-on-palestine-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan slams Israel\u2019s \u2018Greater Israel\u2019 plan, urges OIC to act on Palestine crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JEDDAH, Monday, August 25, 2025 : Pakistan\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Monday strongly condemned Israel\u2019s \u201chighly escalatory and dangerous\u201d statements over Palestine, warning they represent a blatant attempt to entrench illegal occupation and undermine peace in the region.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Speaking at the 21st Extraordinary Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Jeddah, Dar said the Israeli cabinet\u2019s recent plan to impose full military control over Gaza, coupled with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s allusion to creating a \u201cGreater Israel,\u201d exposed a \u201crogue, annexationist mindset.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGaza has become a graveyard for innocent lives as well as for international law,\u201d Dar said, noting that more than 60,000 Palestinians \u2014 mostly women and children \u2014 had been killed in Israel\u2019s ongoing military assault. He accused Israel of deliberately targeting hospitals, schools, refugee camps, aid convoys and UN facilities in what he described as \u201cwanton acts of collective punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dar outlined Pakistan\u2019s seven-point plan to address the crisis, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an immediate, unconditional ceasefire;<\/li>\n<li>safe humanitarian access and protection of aid workers;<\/li>\n<li>renewed support for UNRWA;<\/li>\n<li>an end to forced displacement, settlement expansion and annexation;<\/li>\n<li>implementation of Arab-OIC reconstruction plans for Gaza;<\/li>\n<li>revival of a time-bound political process toward a two-state solution on pre-1967 borders with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as the Palestinian capital;<\/li>\n<li>and accountability for war crimes through international mechanisms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He stressed that Israel\u2019s recent declarations were not only a threat to Palestinians but also to Arab national security, regional stability and the global rules-based order. \u201cFailure to uphold the rights of Palestinians will embolden impunity and undermine the legitimacy of the very order we claim to defend,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>Dar reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s \u201cunequivocal solidarity\u201d with Arab states in safeguarding their sovereignty and territorial integrity, welcoming international momentum toward Palestinian statehood and urging countries that have yet to recognize Palestine to do so without delay.<\/p>\n<p>Calling on the OIC to rise \u201cwith unity, resolve and purpose,\u201d he said history would judge the Muslim world not by its words but by its actions. \u201cAnother Nakba cannot, and must not, be allowed to happen,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan, as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, would continue to work with Arab and Islamic partners to push for justice, accountability, and the realization of Palestinians\u2019 right to self-determination, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JEDDAH, Monday, August 25, 2025 : Pakistan\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Monday strongly condemned Israel\u2019s \u201chighly escalatory and dangerous\u201d statements over Palestine, warning they represent a blatant attempt to entrench illegal occupation and undermine peace in the region. 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