JEDDAH, Wednesday, July 17, 2019 (WAFA) – The Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) condemned today Israeli actions in the city and called for boycott of countries that move their embassy to the city.

It expressed in the final communique of the extraordinary meeting on the Israeli violations in occupied Jerusalem held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, at the level of foreign ministers “its grave concern over the continued attempts to alter the historical and legal status of the occupied city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif (Jerusalem), and the transfer of some states’ diplomatic missions thereto.”

It also condemned “any position, procedures or decisions aimed at altering the historical and legal status of the occupied city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif.”

The Committee also called “on all world countries, especially the USA, and all international institutions and bodies, to comply with the international legitimacy resolutions on Al-Quds, which is an integral part of the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967, and to refrain from taking any steps that would imply some form of recognition, overt or implicit, of the illegal annexation by Israel, the occupying power, of the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, including through the relocation of their respective diplomatic representations to the city.”

It further urged “all the OIC Member States to boycott countries that have inaugurated diplomatic missions in Al-Quds Al-Sharif, and to cease any relations, commercial exchanges with or visits to them, including any joint political, cultural, sports or artistic events, until they backtrack on their decision and abide by the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.”

The OIC said it supports “the Palestinian efforts and moves intended to hold Israel, the occupying power, accountable for its crimes against the Palestinian people, and calls for providing all the necessary political, legal, technical and material support for such efforts.”

It said that for these efforts to bear fruit, “the Executive Committee invites the Member States to respond to the Palestinian request for the OIC countries to institute proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in support of the State of Palestine’s legal action against the United States of America at ICJ.”

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