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OIC Emergency Meeting on Palestine Starts in Jeddah

17:08 - September 15, 2019
News ID: 3469409
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the level of foreign ministers started in Jeddah on Sunday.

 

The meeting discusses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent remarks in which he said he would annex large parts of the occupied lands in the West Bank -- including the Jordan Valley.

In his speech during the meeting, Riad al-Malki, the Palestinian foreign minister, said: "Netanyahu's recent announcement undermines the efforts of peace and threatens the regional and world stability."

Yousef Al-Othaimeen, the OIC secretary general, in his opening speech called "to put in place mechanisms to hold Israel accountable for its aggression against the Palestinians."

Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, the Saudi Foreign Minister, said the Israeli plans are "null and void", Anadolu Agency reported.

Although Arabs are facing many other challenges, Al-Assaf said, the Palestinian cause will remain the central cause for them.

On Tuesday, Netanyahu promised during an electoral rally that if he wins general elections, which is slated for Sept. 17, he would annex parts of occupied lands in the West Bank -- including north of the Dead Sea and Jordan Valley.

Netanyahu's announcement drew condemnations from Muslim states and many other countries.

 

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