Jeddah
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the approval by the Israeli occupation authorities of a plan to build thousands of new settlement units in the occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem).
It considered such an action as an extension of the Israeli aggression on the rights of the Palestinian people that reflects the persistence of Israel, the occupying power, in its colonial settlement policies.
The OIC also reaffirmed that all Israeli settlements established on the territory of the occupied State of Palestine are illegal under international law and relevant UN resolutions, in particular Resolution No. 2334 of the Security Council adopted on December 23, 2016.
Furthermore, it called on the international community to assume its responsibilities in compelling Israel, the occupying power, to respect its international obligations and to put an end to its illegal settlement policy in the entirety of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including the Holy City of Al-Quds.
OIC condemns gun attack in the city of Hanau, Western Germany: The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its vigorous condemnation of the gun attack in the city of Hanau, Western Germany, which claimed the lives of a number of innocent citizens.
The OIC General Secretariat expressed its deep condolences to the families of the innocent victims along with its sincere wishes for prompt recovery to the wounded.
It also voiced its full solidarity with the friendly Federal Republic of Germany and renewed its unswerving rejection of all forms of violence, extremism and terrorism.—PR
