JEDDAH, Wednesday, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha today stated that it is unreasonable that Israel acts as a state above the law, according to an OIC statement.
Speaking at the extraordinary meeting of the OIC Executive Committee to discuss the ongoing Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque, at the invitation of the State of Palestine and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah, OIC Secretary-General Taha said that Israeli violations in the occupied city of Jerusalem coincided with a dangerous escalation in the frequency of Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, represented by the recent Israeli military aggression on the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the killing of 36 Palestinians.
He pointed that following the recent Israeli onslaught of Gaza, the number of Palestinian killed by Israeli army and settler gunfire over the past six months has risen to about 180 martyrs, and hundreds others were wounded.
The Secretary-General added that it is inconceivable that Israel, the occupying power, always acts as a state above the law, and commits its crimes and aggression against the Palestinian people, their land and holy sites, stressing the responsibility of the international community towards putting an end to Israeli violations as a threat to international peace and security.
He stated that the OIC followed the dangerous Israeli escalation in targeting Islamic and Christian holy sites alike in the occupied city, particularly the desecration and storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli groups of settlers and senior Israeli officials, under military protection; the Israeli occupation government’s meeting in a tunnel under the mosque; in addition to the organization of the so-called provocative “flag march” in the neighbourhoods of the occupied city.
He warned again of the seriousness of the continuation of these brutal Israeli attacks on the the mosque compound, which constitute a violation of the sanctity of the holy places and freedom of worship, and represent an attack on the Palestinian people and their holy sites, and a prejudice to the feelings and belief of Muslims all over the world.
He welcomed the international reactions represented in rejection and condemnation of the provocative intrusion by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir into the mosque on Sunday, and also stressed that the city of remains an integral part of the Palestinian territory occupied in 1967 and the capital of the State of Palestine, and that all decisions made and actions taken by the Israeli occupation to Judaize the occupied city have no legal effect and is considered null and void.
Source: Palestine News & Information Agency