OIC Condemns Israeli Occupation’s Confiscation of Palestinian Land, Archaeological Sites

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned today the ongoing settler colonial practices of the Israeli occupation, particularly the confiscation of thousands of dunums of Palestinian land. The most recent incident involved the seizure of archaeological sites in the village of Sebastia, in the Nablus governorate. The OIC emphasized that these actions are part of a destructive policy carried out by the Israeli occupation at hundreds of archaeological, historical, and scientific sites, as well as places of worship in Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including the occupied city of Jerusalem. These actions, said OIC, aim to erase, plunder and distort the cultural and civilizational heritage of the Palestinian people, in clear defiance of international law, the Geneva Convention, relevant UN resolutions, and the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its protocols. The organization urged the international community, especially the United Nations Edu cational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to take immediate action to safeguard the tangible and intangible cultural assets in the occupied Palestinian territory. Source: Saudi Press Agency