OIC slams Israeli Finance Minister’s racist remarks on West Bank Sovereignty

Admin l Tuesday, November 12, 2024

 

JEDDAH – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned in the strongest terms, the racist statements attributed to Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, in which he asserted that he ‘issued instructions to impose sovereignty on the West Bank’ and to expand Israeli settlements into the area by 2025

The OIC emphasized that the Israeli occupation and its policies of aggression, settlement, displacement, annexation, destruction, and ethnic cleansing are illegal and invalid under international law.

The organization also warned of the seriousness of the continuous incitement and organized terrorism practiced by Israeli occupation leaders and extremist settlers against the Palestinian people, their land, and holy sites.

The OIC called upon the international community to recognize the State of Palestine and support its full membership in the United Nations.

It further called for decisive action to end Israel’s illegal occupation and settlements in Palestinian territories, in line with the two-state solution, international law, the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the illegality of the Israeli occupation, and relevant UN General Assembly resolutions.