OIC resolved to take all necessary steps to end violations by Israel and its supporters

Following the 'grave developments' in Palestine, Member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Friday issued a final declaration with a commitment to take all necessary measures to put an end to the violations committed by Israel and any party that supports this regime and its colonial and racist policies.

According to the final communique, the leaders from Islamic countries reviewed the alarming situation and growing tensions in the occupied territory of the state of Palestine and expressed their profound appreciation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for calling for convening and hosting "this extraordinary Islamic Summit on an issue of such importance for Ummah".

Commending the resolutions on the cause of Palestine and al-Quds Al-Sharif, the capital of the state of Palestine, adopted by the 45th Session of Council of Foreign Ministers on 5-6 May 2018 in Dhaka, the OIC declaration also welcomed resolutions adopted on Palestine and Al-Quds al-Sharif by the 29th Arab League Summit in Dhahran and appreciated by naming it as “Al-Quds Summit” by the Custodian of Islam’s two holy mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.

The declaration emphasized that "the central mission and raison d'etre of the OIC is protecting the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, its historic and legal status, its spiritual place, and to take all necessary measures to put an end to the violations committed by Israel and any party that supports this regime and its colonial and racist policies."

Proceeding from the historical, moral and legal responsibility placed on the Muslim Ummah and in full solidarity with Palestine and its people, the declaration also condemned in the strongest terms the criminal actions of Israeli forces against the Palestinian people.

The OIC states also held "Israel, the occupying power, fully accountable for the grave atrocities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly the latest episode of willful murder of at least 60 civilians, and injuring of nearly 2,700 others on 14 May."

Pakistan extends solidarity

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi expressed Pakistan's full solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of unbridled Israeli tyranny.

Addressing the Extraordinary OIC Summit in Istanbul, the Prime Minister called upon the OIC member countries to unify their ranks and evolve an effective response strategy to deal with the prevailing situation.

The Prime Minister said latest massacre of innocent Palestinians represents yet another brazen chapter in the seventy years of injustice to the people of Palestine.

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said the OIC must also follow up on its decisions for economic and other appropriate actions to change the behavior of the occupying forces.

He said we should also consider the possibility of seeking the ICJ’s advisory opinion on the illegality of recent actions by Israel and the United States.

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said we also need to reach out to other states and groupings to sustain support for the just cause of the Palestinians, put an end to continued killings and state terrorism and build an independent and contiguous State of Palestine, on the basis of internationally agreed parameters, the pre-1967 borders, and with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.