Jeddah, The Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) emergency meeting condemned the continuous Israeli attacks on the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and called for mobilizing efforts to protect Al-Qods Al-Sharif.
The meeting, held on Tuesday at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah, comes upon the request of the State of Palestine and the Kingdom of Jordan in coordination and consultation with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the current chair of the Islamic Summit and the chair of the Executive Committee to discuss recent developments in Al-Qods and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Saudi Permanent Representative to the OIC, Dr. Saleh Hamad Al-Suhaibani, affirmed that the continuous Israeli attacks on the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and the brotherly Palestinian people constitute a provocation to the feelings of millions of Muslims and fuel conflict, extremism and instability in the region, in addition to being a flagrant violation of relevant international resolutions.
“What happened a few days ago in Al-Quds Al-Sharif, in terms of storming the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli extremists, whatever their capacity, cannot be seen in isolation from the events that took place two decades ago when a senior Israeli official did the same thing, which led to the killing of hundreds of Palestinian brothers following the outbreak of the second intifada,” said Al-Suhaibani.
He added, “In this sense, we affirm that such serious negative developments urge the international community to quickly resolve the current situation to avoid conflicts and confrontations in the region and warn the Israeli occupation authorities against changing the existing historical and legal status in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.”
Al-Suhaibani reiterated the Kingdom’s firm position on the need to provide full protection for Al-Aqsa Mosque and stop serious violations and provocations.
“The Kingdom holds the Israeli authorities fully responsible for any results or repercussions regarding the provocative policies and practices they adopt in the city of Al-Qods, which ultimately undermine international peace efforts and contradict international principles and norms of respect for religious sanctities.”
Al-Suhaibani said that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia renews, in this regard, its constant emphasis on the centrality of the Palestinian cause to the Arab and Islamic nations and affirms its full and continuous support for the Palestinian people and their just cause.
He stressed that Saudi Arabia supports all efforts aimed at reaching a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue to enable the Palestinian people to establish their independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy and the Arab peace initiative.
He pointed out that Saudi Arabia’s permanent support for the brotherly Palestinian people stems from its profound belief in the importance of the just Palestinian cause and recognition that its efforts towards this issue are a duty dictated by its firm belief, conscience, and affiliation with its Arab and Islamic nations. “The Kingdom calls for the necessity of concerted and intensified international efforts to end this protracted conflict to promote the stability of the entire region,” Al-Suhaibani stressed.
Source: Jordan News Agency