Muscat – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the Sultanate of Oman’s strongest condemnation of the Israeli Knesset’s approval of a draft resolution calling for the imposition of Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank in Palestine. This constitutes a new challenge to international law and international legitimacy resolutions, and a deliberate undermining of the prospects for peace in the Middle East, the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, and the two-state solution.

The Sultanate of Oman reiterates its strong condemnation of Israel’s continued imposition of a blockade and starvation policy, preventing food, medicine, and humanitarian aid from reaching the population in the Gaza Strip and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories. It holds Israel and its supporters fully responsible for the legal, humanitarian, and political consequences of these practices, which violate international humanitarian law.