Ashraf AboArafe
The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha, condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s irresponsible statements regarding the Arab Republic of Egypt. He criticized Netanyahu’s justification for the illegal presence of Israeli occupation forces in the Salah al-Din ‘Philadelphia’ axis, considering it as an attempt to evade responsibility for disrupting the ceasefire agreement and perpetuating Israeli military aggression, genocide, starvation, siege, and forced displacement of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
The Secretary-General reaffirmed the OIC’s solidarity with the Arab Republic of Egypt and support for its historic role in maintaining peace, security, and stability in the region, calling on the international community to fulfill its obligations by imposing an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire and ensuring the full withdrawal of Israel, the occupying force, from the Philadelphia Axis and all parts of the Gaza Strip, in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2735, dated June 10, 2024.
Additionally, The OIC Secretary-General condemned the Israeli Prime Minister’s recent presentation of a map without the occupied West Bank, considering this act as a continuation of racist and illegal Israeli policies based on denying the existence and legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. He warned that such actions constitute a persistent effort to entrench the illegal colonial occupation and settlement system in the occupied Palestinian territories, which threatens to undermine the two-state solution. The Secretary-General urged the international community, particularly the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly, to implement the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the illegality of the Israeli occupation, and to consider additional measures to end Israel’s illegal presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as soon as possible.
