Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
Date: 07/11/2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, condemned in the strongest terms the decision by the Israeli occupation authorities to approve the construction of 1213 new housing units for Israeli settlements in the occupied city of Jerusalem, and stressed that the policy of settlement expansion on Palestinian land, which aims to isolate Jerusalem from its Palestinian environment, change its demographic character and obliterate its Arab identity, is a flagrant violation of international law and the resolutions of international legitimacy. Ihsanoglu called on the international community to shoulder its responsibilities to put an end to all settlement activities in all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.
