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Pakistan, 7 other Muslim nations condemn Israeli ministers' statements regarding Palestinians' mass removal from Gaza

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Pakistan and seven other Muslim nations have condemned Israeli ministers' statements on forcibly removing Palestinians from Gaza. The foreign ministers of these countries - Pakistan, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and the United Arab Emirates - issued a joint statement rejecting any attempts to displace Palestinians. The ministers specifically targeted comments by Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Defence Minister Israel Katz, who proposed mass removal of Palestinians from Gaza through "voluntary emigration" or other means. No specific numbers are mentioned in the article, but it notes that this idea has been floated repeatedly by right-wing politicians over the past three years.

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A series of news articles have reported on the ongoing crisis in Gaza, where Israeli airstrikes and rubble-clearing operations are erasing evidence of war crimes. In 2023, Israel launched a genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza, which has resulted in at least 73,651 Palestinian deaths and 174,592 injuries since October 2023.

In recent weeks, mass recovery operations have retrieved over 100 bodies from the Abu Shariah and Hassaniya families killed in a single strike, and more than 500 from the al-Taj Tower site. The victims' remains were carried by family members to be buried in known cemeteries, a process that has been delayed due to a shortage of heavy machinery.

The Israeli government's actions have been criticized by Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, who warned that large-scale rubble removal in Gaza under Israeli control risks erasing traces of atrocity crimes and preventing the recovery and identification of human remains. The Italian-born independent expert has faced harsh criticism from Israel and its allies over her long-standing accusations that Israel is committing genocide and other war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza.

Meanwhile, former IDF reserve colonel Nochi Mendel has made inflammatory comments about the killings of aid workers, including Zomi Frankcom and six colleagues who were killed in 2024 while bringing food to Gaza. The Greens have criticized the Albanese government for its failure to halt military exports and impose new sanctions on Israel.

Itamar Ben-Gvir, the leader of Israel's far-right Jewish Power party, has also made headlines with his recent comments, including a video showing Palestinian prisoners being loaded onto a conveyor belt and taken to detention camps. The caption "we promised – we delivered!" suggests that Ben-Gvir is proud of worsening conditions for Palestinian prisoners.

The crisis in Gaza continues to be met with silence from the international community.

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Earlier this week, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Defence Minister Israel Katz had floated proposals for the mass removal of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, resurfacing an idea voiced repeatedly by right-wing politicians over the past three years as they seek to rally supporters ahead of an election. Far-right security minister Ben-Gvir had laid out a seven-year plan for removing Gaza’s population through “voluntary emigration” and Katz said there was “no real solution for Gaza in the end without this migration”. “We are fully prepared to move them out if it becomes possible by sea, by air, by every way possible,” he said during an online conference hosted by Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.

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Pakistan, 7 other Muslim nations condemn Israeli ministers' statements regarding Palestinians' mass removal from Gaza · assertive framing

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Pakistan was among the Muslim nations on Sunday that condemned Israeli ministers’ statements regarding the displacement of the Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip, including proposals for plans and mechanisms aimed at forcibly removing them from their land. asserted

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The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and the United Arab Emirates strongly condemned the remarks in a joint statement. “Such inflammatory statements and proposals flagrantly violate principles of international law, including international humanitarian law, and pose a direct threat to the legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people,” they said. asserted

they → condemn → people

The ministers reaffirmed their unequivocal rejection and condemnation of any attempts or plans aimed at displacing the Palestinian people, whether within or outside the occupied Palestinian territory, under any pretext or justification. asserted

ministers → reaffirm → pretext

They warned against the “grave consequences of turning calls for forced displacement into declared policy or concrete measures aimed at uprooting Palestinians from their land”. “Such actions constitute a challenge to international efforts aimed at achieving peace, foremost among them President Donald Trump’s comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict, including its unequivocal rejection of forced displacement, and gravely risk undermining prospects for stability in the region,” their statement read. asserted

statement → warn → region

The foreign ministers stressed that the Gaza Strip was an integral part of the Palestinian territory and underscored the imperative of preserving the unity of the Palestinian territory in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. asserted

Strip → stress → Jerusalem

They reaffirmed that the “only path towards achieving a just and lasting peace lies in the implementation of the two-State solution with the establishment of an independent Palestinian State along the lines of 4 June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of international legitimacy”. asserted

path → reaffirm → legitimacy

They called upon the international community, particularly the United Nations Security Council, to “shoulder its responsibilities and firmly confront any attempts to impose a new demographic or geographic reality in the occupied Palestinian territory, and to ensure respect for the rules of international law”. asserted

They → call → law

The foreign ministers reaffirmed their “continued full support for the steadfastness of the Palestinian people on their land and their rejection of all attempts aimed at erasing the Palestinian cause or undermining the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people”. asserted

ministers → reaffirm → people