In Solidarity with the Legal Advocacy for Palestine at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Majlis Perundingan Pertubuhan Islam Malaysia (Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organizations) – MAPIM
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Press Release
1 May 2025

In Solidarity with the Legal Advocacy for Palestine at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Commending Prof. Ralf Wilde for His Defining Argument to End the Israeli Occupation

The Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organization (MAPIM) wishes to express our utmost appreciation and strong endorsement of the principled and powerful presentation delivered by Prof. Ralf Wilde, representing the Arab League at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in the ongoing advisory proceedings concerning the legal consequences of Israel’s prolonged occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Prof. Wilde’s presentation stands as a landmark moment in the legal and moral advocacy for Palestinian liberation. His articulate and rigorous argument laid bare the illegality, brutality, and permanence of the Israeli occupation, and he rightly urged the ICJ to declare that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is unlawful and must be terminated immediately and unconditionally.

As MAPIM, we fully support this position and echo the call that the international legal order must not continue to tolerate settler-colonialism, apartheid, and the systematic denial of a people’s right to self-determination — all of which have been central pillars of the Israeli regime’s conduct for over seven decades.

We emphasize the following key points:

1. The Israeli occupation is a prolonged violation of international law, including the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions, and multiple UN resolutions that affirm the illegality of settlement expansion, land annexation, and demographic engineering in the occupied Palestinian territories.
2. The occupation is not temporary or defensive — it is part of a broader project of annexation, population displacement, and apartheid. The occupation must be recognized not only as illegal but as a form of systematic oppression and colonization.
3. The ICJ has a moral and legal responsibility to issue an unequivocal advisory opinion that declares:

●The occupation illegal under international law;

●All states have an obligation not to recognize, aid, or cooperate with the occupation;

●States must take active steps to end the occupation and ensure accountability for crimes committed.

4. This legal step must be accompanied by real political action — including sanctions, arms embargoes, and the full implementation of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign — until the Palestinian people achieve full sovereignty, return, and reparations.

Prof. Wilde’s advocacy is a crucial reminder that legal arguments grounded in justice and international law can serve as powerful tools in the global movement for decolonization and liberation. His voice, along with that of other expert legal representatives, is helping to shift the global consensus toward demanding concrete action to dismantle Israeli apartheid and occupation.

MAPIM calls upon:

●All Muslim-majority governments, particularly members of the OIC and the Arab League, to support this legal process with diplomatic, media, and financial resources;

●Global civil society to raise awareness about the proceedings at the ICJ and amplify the demand for a free Palestine;

●Malaysian civil society, academia, and legal institutions to mobilize around this historical opportunity to advance international justice.

Palestine is the moral barometer of our world.
We will not rest until the occupation ends, justice is delivered, and Palestine is free.

MAPIM reiterates:
There can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without the end of occupation.

Issued by:
Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid
President
Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organization (MAPIM)