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<p><em>Qatar News Agency | Article Date: 14:31 2011/08/14 | Article ID: 0044</em><br />
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Jeddah, August 14 (QNA) &#8211; Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has expressed strong condemnation of the Israeli government&#8221;s decision to ratify the building of thousands of new settlement units in East Jerusalem, warning that the continued settlement policy and the imposition of facts on the ground, in defiance of the international will, will lead to instability in the region.</p>
<p>Prof. Ihsanoglu said in a statement today that East Jerusalem is an inseparable part of the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967, adding that Israeli measures to change its geographic and demographic nature, and its isolation from the West Bank, is illegal and constitutes a flagrant violation of the international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, and affects the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.</p>
<p>The OIC Secretary-General called anew on the international community to take action to compel Israel to cease all violations aimed at Judaizing the holy city and change its Arab and Islamic identity.</p>
<p>Ihsanoglu, issued a similar statement on Sunday condemning the Israeli government&#8221;s decision to build 930 settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem, calling on the Security Council to take action to compel Israel halt all forms of settlement and aggression against the Palestinian people and their properties.(QNA) OM</p>
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