Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif on Israel: When it comes to Israel, all Muslim countries should come together. There is absolutely no ambiguity in my mind about that. Given Israel’s current conduct, as well as the historical evidence of what it has been doing—at one stage, in 1948 or 1947, what I consider an illegitimate state came into being; it was, I believe, a product of the Balfour Declaration. During that period as well, fighting continued and the Palestinians continued to resist. So, in my view, this is at the very least a situation that the entire Islamic world will have to come together and confront. In my view, there is no room for disagreement on this. And until the issue of the Palestinian people is resolved according to their aspirations—until there is a permanent solution—the issue will remain.