In an emergency meeting convened at the request of (“reforming”) Saudi Arabia, the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (56 nations plus the Palestinian Authority), is going to the United Nations to seek General Assembly support “to protect the Palestinian people.”
The OIC did not suggest what measures to “protect the Palestinians” can be taken in the face of Hamas rocket attacks against Israel and the latter’s retaliation in defense of its sovereign nation. At the heart of the ongoing strife between the Palestinians and Israel is the Palestinian unwillingness to recognize a Jewish state, as is evident in past wars instigated in efforts to obliterate Israel. Should Israel return to the 1949 Armistice Line, it will be a death sentence to the country, and this fact is well known in Muslim countries. That line has also been referenced as the “Auschwitz borders.”
The OIC also “reiterated that Al-Aqsa Mosque is ‘a red line for the Islamic ummah (nation)’ and that security and stability can only be realized once it is fully liberated from the Israeli occupation.” Given the record of history and the Mandate for Palestine, the lands captured in the 1967 Six-Day War belong to Israel, and there is no “occupation.”
Many Muslims and Muslim countries have claimed to recognize Israel’s right to exist, but when put to the test and asked about the Armistice Line, they refuse to support Israel’s right to Judea and Samaria, as well as the strategic Golan Heights — which would be disastrous for Israel to surrender. Nor will they allow for a unified Jerusalem, ignoring or denying that Jerusalem has always been the holy city for Jews, long before Islam claimed it. Jerusalem is not even mentioned in the Qur’an. Hamas has made its war against Israel about al-Quds (Jerusalem) in order to fuel Muslim rage.
The OIC, along with many mainstream Leftist media outlets, have accused Israel of being aggressor, when the truth is that Israel is yet again defending itself amid a relentless barrage of unjust criticism and propaganda.
“Islamic nations to approach UN General Assembly to protect Palestinians,” by Diana Shalhub, Anadolu News Agency, May 17, 2121:
The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday said it will seek the UN General Assembly to protect the Palestinian people as the UN Security Council has failed to assume its responsibility to stop the aggression on Gaza.
The OIC extraordinary meeting at the level of the foreign ministers was convened virtually at the request of Saudi Arabia.
“The UN Security Council’s failure to stop the Israeli aggression will necessitate approaching the UN General Assembly to assume its responsibility, including the resumption of the proceedings of the Tenth Emergency Special Session to stop Israeli aggression in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” said the statement issued at the end of the meeting.
The statement urged the international community to take steps towards protecting the Palestinian people and affirmed that “the time has come to take serious measures to hold Israel accountable for its gross violations”.
It also reiterated that Al-Aqsa Mosque is “a red line for the Islamic ummah (nation)” and that security and stability can only be realized once it is fully liberated from the Israeli occupation.
The statement concluded by saluting “the steadfastness of the Palestinian people on their land and for their historic stand in the face of [Israel’s] aggression and occupation”.
Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip in airstrikes since May 10, killing at least 197 people, including 34 women and 58 children, as well as injuring 1,235 more people.
Seventeen Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces and settlers as Palestinians staged protests against Israeli violations in occupied East Jerusalem and attacks on Gaza….
mortimer says
The Jews are to be held accountable for self-defense in their officially recognized homeland.
This complaint by the Muslim leaders implies that NO NATION has a right to self-defense.
mortimer says
Superb article by Christine Douglass-Williams.
Infidel says
They’ll get it, since they are the single biggest bloc, and the 140 other UN members won’t care. And I won’t expect a US veto this time either, just like in 2016 when Obama let an anti-Israel resolution pass after Trump got elected
Wellington says
What a farce. The OIC is going to the UN? The OIC controls the UN, much as the Communist Bloc did during almost all of the Cold War.
Israel after the 1967 War should have expelled Arab Muslims from the so-called West Bank, Golan Heights and Gaza and annexed them all to Israel in addition to East Jerusalem. Leveling the Al-Aqsa Mosque would also have been a good idea—I mean has leaving it standing been better? God knows, Muslims have leveled enough churches and synagogues over the centuries. Payback is long overdue.
James Lincoln says
Wellington says,
“Israel after the 1967 War should have expelled Arab Muslims from the so-called West Bank, Golan Heights and Gaza and annexed them all to Israel in addition to East Jerusalem.”
Exactly!
Keith O says
Wellington, 20/20 hind sight is a wonderful thing.
Wouldn’t be ironic if one of the rockets that Abbas and his minions fired at Israel hit their precious “holy site” and blew the crap out of it!
Israel would of course be blamed for not shooting down the rocket and allowing the barracks to be destroyed.
Jayell says
So is this ‘Organization of Islamic Cooperation’ going to be responsible for international islamic affairs? If so, can the international community then sue them for all the loss and damage resulting from the 90% of international terrorism perpetrated bhy mjuslims?
Infidel says
Absolutely! And one other thing – Israel should tell the OIC point blank that unless and until they protest Beijing’s treatment of the Uyghurs, they have no business telling Israel anything about what to do in the West Bank or Gaza
Ren says
Good luck OIC! In a million years!