RIYADH – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned an Israeli plan to build about 4,000 new settlement units in two areas across the occupied Palestinian West Bank and evacuate and raze 12 Palestinian villages in Yita area south of Al Khalil (Hebron).
In a statement, the organization described Israel’s settlement policy as a flagrant aggression on the rights of the Palestinian people and a breach of international law and UN relevant resolutions.
It called on the international community to shoulder responsibility towards implementing the international legitimacy resolutions and halting all settlement activities in the Palestinian territories with holding Israel accountable for its continued aggression on the right of the Palestinians.
Israeli press reports had said the Israeli Higher Planning Council for the West Bank is set to give its final approval for building 2,536 new settlement units and allow plans for an additional 1,452 settlement units.
