by David Cherry, Marcia Merry Baker (EIRNS) — Jan. 06, 2024
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation issued a statement the next day after South Africa’s suit was filed Dec. 29 with the International Court of Justice against Israel, charging genocide against the Palestinians. Headquarted in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the OIC has 57 member states. Its Dec. 30 statement in full:
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed the suit filed by the Republic of South Africa at the International Court of Justice for the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people committed by Israel, the occupying power.
The OIC has affirmed that the indiscriminate targeting by Israel, the occupying power, of the civilian population and the thousands of Palestinians, mostly women and children, killed, injured, forcibly displaced, and denied basic necessities and humanitarian assistance and the destruction of houses, health, educational and religious institutions, in their totality constitute mass genocide.
The OIC called upon the Court to respond expeditiously and take urgent measures to stop this mass genocide being perpetrated by the Israeli defense forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.