Jeddah, August 14 (QNA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the Israeli occupation's approval of a plan to build 3,400 new settlement units in the West Bank, including in occupied Jerusalem.

The organization affirmed that Israel's occupation and colonial settlement activities are illegal under international law, United Nations resolutions, and the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, and must be ended immediately.

The OIC warned of the serious consequences of Israel's ongoing policies of aggression, settlement expansion, destruction, displacement, and blockade, describing them as systematic crimes that violate the rights of the Palestinian people, undermine prospects for a two-state solution, and reinforce annexation plans and attempts to impose Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territories.

The organization called on the international community to assume its responsibilities by putting an end to these crimes committed by Israel, the occupying power, holding it accountable, and imposing sanctions in accordance with international law and relevant UN resolutions. (QNA)