The foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), representing 57 Muslim countries, called after their meeting in Jeddah to examine the compatibility of Israel’s membership with the UN Charter due to its violations of membership conditions, and to coordinate efforts to suspend Israel’s membership in the United Nations. They rejected the so-called “Greater Israel Vision” and condemned Israel’s plan to impose full military occupation over the Gaza Strip and any schemes aimed at displacing the Palestinian people under any pretexts.

The OIC foreign ministers strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “Greater Israel Vision” statements as irresponsible and arrogant, considering them an extension of extremist rhetoric, incitement, aggression on state sovereignty, violations of international law and the UN Charter, and a serious threat to regional and international peace and security.

They described these moves as a dangerous escalation and an attempt to entrench illegal occupation and impose a fait accompli by force, violating international law including humanitarian law, human rights, relevant international legitimacy resolutions, advisory opinions, and provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice.

The ministers called on the UN Security Council to hold an emergency session on the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people during the UN General Assembly meetings in September and tasked member states’ delegations to coordinate with the State of Palestine on this matter.

They reaffirmed the centrality of the Palestinian cause to the entire Islamic nation, supporting the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people such as self-determination, the right of return for refugees, independence, and the establishment of an independent sovereign State of Palestine on the borders of June 4, 1967, with Jerusalem as its capital.

The ministers strongly condemned the deliberate and systematic targeting of civilian infrastructure in Gaza, including destruction of food supply chains, water facilities, and medical services by Israeli occupation forces, contributing to famine and a man-made humanitarian disaster.

They demanded an immediate halt to all military operations and a full unconditional lifting of the siege to allow urgent humanitarian aid access without obstacles, in accordance with international law and Islamic principles based on justice and human dignity.

The meeting held Israel fully responsible for genocide crimes, the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, and famine in Gaza, demanding the opening of all crossings and the urgent, unconditional entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

They supported efforts by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States to achieve an immediate ceasefire and a prisoner exchange agreement as a key humanitarian step to alleviate suffering, end Israeli aggression, facilitate the return of displaced persons, ensure the full withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from Gaza, and hold the reconstruction conference scheduled in Cairo to implement the Arab-Islamic relief and reconstruction plan for Gaza.

The statement affirmed that Israel’s crimes as the occupying power—including aggression, genocide, ethnic cleansing, illegal siege, use of starvation as a weapon of war, colonial settlement policies, settler terrorism and extremism, land confiscation, home demolitions, repeated attacks on Islamic and Christian holy sites, and attempts to annex Palestinian land including East Jerusalem—amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide requiring accountability under international criminal law.

They condemned Israel’s continued intransigence and refusal to respond to mediators’ attempts to reach a truce despite nearly two years of aggression in Gaza and the entrenchment of illegal occupation.

They also condemned Israel’s insistence on expanding criminal military operations in Gaza and ignoring calls to stop the war, strongly denouncing Israel’s rejection of the latest mediator proposal despite Palestinian agreement.