By The South Asia Times 

NEW YORK - Pakistan has urged the UN Security Council to take concrete measures against Israeli settlement expansion and settler violence in the occupied Palestinian territories, warning that such actions are undermining the prospects for a two-state solution.

Speaking at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, Pakistan’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Usman Jadoon, said the two-state solution remained the internationally agreed framework for resolving the conflict and achieving lasting peace.

Jadoon said Israel, which Pakistan described as the occupying power, was taking actions to create “irreversible facts on the ground” in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

He highlighted the advancement of the E1 settlement project, including tenders for 3,401 housing units, saying the development threatened to break the territorial continuity of Palestinian areas and undermine the possibility of establishing a viable Palestinian state.

Pakistan also raised concerns over settler violence. Citing figures from the UN humanitarian agency OCHA, Jadoon said more than 1,600 settler attacks had been recorded this year.

“These are no longer isolated incidents,” he said, describing them as organized assaults on Palestinian communities and linking them to demolitions, land seizures, forced displacement and expanded Israeli administrative control.

Jadoon welcomed sanctions measures announced by Britain, France and Canada concerning goods originating from Israeli settlements, as well as steps announced by other countries.

“These measures send an important message: unlawful settlement activity and those who sustain it must face consequences,” he said.

- Pakistan raises alarm over Gaza

Jadoon also described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as “deeply disturbing,” warning that the approaching winter could worsen conditions for Palestinians.

According to the Pakistani envoy, Gaza’s population is currently confined to roughly 30% of the territory and living in severe humanitarian conditions.

He said more than 1,400 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli military action since the ceasefire, underscoring what he called the urgent need for effective protection of civilians.

Pakistan called for full implementation of the relevant diplomatic frameworks, including UN Security Council Resolution 2803, the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict and the New York Declaration.

Jadoon said implementation should include maintaining the ceasefire, ensuring unhindered humanitarian access and supporting reconstruction.

He also rejected any forced displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank or Gaza and called for the Palestinian Authority to be strengthened, including through the release of withheld revenues.

- Call for Palestinian statehood

Pakistan said Gaza and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, should be treated as a single territorial unit and warned against efforts to fragment Palestinian territory.

Jadoon called for an “irreversible” political process aimed at ending the Israeli occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state on the pre-1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif, or East Jerusalem, as its capital.

“The Palestinian people should not have to wait,” he said, warning that peace could not survive another cycle of promises without implementation.