INDONESIAN President Joko Widodo, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah today issued a joint statement calling the international community to remain resolute in their commitment for the “two-state solution” towards achieving an independent state of Palestine, based on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

The leaders, who condemned in the strongest term the repeated blatant violations and aggressions carried out by the Israelis throughout the occupied Palestinian territory, said they stand ready to support international efforts aimed at achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East. 

“We request the United Nations General Assembly to convene an emergency session to address the grave developments and come up with a Uniting for Peace Resolution with a view to putting an end to the atrocities carried out against the Palestinian people,” they said.

They said this in the joint leaders’ statement of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam on the escalation of violence by Israelis in the occupied Palestinian territory issued in Kuala Lumpur tonight.

They also voiced their grave concern over the illegal expansion of settlements and demolitions and seizures of Palestinian‑owned structures across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

They also unreservedly condemned the flagrant violations of international law, including humanitarian and human rights law, perpetrated by Israel, through its inhumane, colonial and apartheid policies towards the Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory.

They want an urgent and responsible collective action to ensure the necessary accountability for such violations.

They called upon all parties to exercise maximum restraint, cease attacks against civilians, to take steps to de-escalate the situation and to uphold international law and order.

“We urge both parties to accept a temporary international presence in the City of Al-Quds, to monitor the cessation of hostilities in the occupied territory of Palestine,” they said.

They urged the United Nations Security Council to act urgently and take all possible measures to guarantee the safety and protection of Palestinian civilians in the occupied Palestinian territory.

They also reiterated their solidarity with and commitment to the Palestinian people, including their rights to self-determination, and the creation of an independent and sovereign state of Palestine. – Bernama, May 16, 2021.