JEDDAH, Tuesday, July 02, 2019 (WAFA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned in a statement the Israeli opening of a settler "pilgrim‘s road" tunnel in  the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.

OIC stressed that these Israeli measures aimed at altering the hysterical and legal status of Jerusalem constitute a violation of international law and relevant international legitimacy resolutions.

OIC affirmed that the occupied East Jerusalem, the capital of the Palestinian state, is an integral part of Palestinian territories occupied in 1967, stressing the importance of preserving the Arab, Islamic, and Christian identity and cultural heritage of Jerusalem, and to safeguard the sanctity of holy places.

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