Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
Date: 02/11/2022
Today marks the 105th anniversary of the issuance of the ominous declaration of the former British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour on November 02, 1917, whose repercussions embodied the beginning of the Nakba in 1948 with the displacement of the Palestinian people, the denial of their legitimate national rights, and the establishment of the Israeli colonial occupation state based on the policies of colonial settlement, military aggression, forced displacement, ethnic cleansing, land confiscation, property destruction, and the Judaization of the Holy City of Al-Quds Ash-Sharif.
On this occasion, which remains a bleak mark in the human collective memory and conscience, and a setback for the values of freedom and justice, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) renews its permanent commitment to support the just struggle of the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate national rights.
On this fateful anniversary, the OIC calls on the international community, especially its actors, to rectify this historical injustice, assume its responsibilities in ending the Israeli occupation, and enable the Palestinian people to regain their legitimate rights, including their right to return, the establishment of their independent state on the borders of the fourth of June, 1967, with East Al-Quds as its capital, and the realization of the vision of the two-state solution based on the relevant United Nations resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.
