Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday said that forcing Palestinians out of Gaza or the West Bank is a severe violation of international law, constituting ethnic cleansing and a war crime. Speaking at the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Session in Jeddah, Ishaq Dar stressed upon the Muslim Ummah to make it unequivocally clear that any such attempt is unacceptable. “The OIC must collectively oppose and block any attempt to relocate Palestinians from their homeland, whether through direct coercion or under the guise of humanitarian relief and reconstruction. Any such move constitutes ethnic cleansing and a grave violation of international law,” he added.
