Organization of Islamic Cooperation Condemns Escalation of Occupation and Settler Attacks, Calls for Accountability

24 July 2026 - 19:35 | Last updated 24 July 2026 - 19:35

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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation expressed its strong condemnation of the escalating settler terrorism and systematic crimes committed against Palestinian civilians, carried out with the complicity and direct support of the Israeli occupation forces in the occupied Palestinian territories.

In this regard, the organization pointed to the recent crimes in the towns of Tel in Nablus Governorate and Deir Jarir in Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate, as well as the ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip, which resulted in dozens of martyrs and wounded, coinciding with attacks by extremist settlers on unarmed civilians, destruction of their property, burning of their agricultural lands and homes, and theft of their livestock, amid the increasing pace of illegal settlement expansion.

It warned of the serious consequences of this escalation resulting from the Israeli colonial aggression, organized terrorism, and ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people and their capabilities, affirming that these practices constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, international legitimacy resolutions, and the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice.

The General Secretariat stressed that the continuation and escalation of this terrorism represents an actual implementation of the Israeli occupation's policies aimed at forced displacement, ethnic cleansing, and genocide being committed in all occupied Palestinian territories, including the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Holy Jerusalem.

The General Secretariat renewed its call on the international community and UN institutions, foremost the Security Council and international judicial bodies, to assume their legal and moral responsibilities in providing international protection for the Palestinian people, and holding the occupation and settler gangs accountable for their organized crimes against unarmed civilians under the provisions of international criminal law. It also calls on all states to continue their efforts aimed at dismantling the settlement system and its illegal entities in the occupied Palestinian territories.