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TEHRAN, Aug 1, YJC - Iran’s Foreign Minister said the Israeli regime has continued to ignore all appeals of the outside world to cease and reverse its racist policies and practices against the Palestinian people.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Zarif made the remarks on Tuesday upon his arrival in the Turkish city of Istanbul, where he is expected to attend an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on recent developments at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
In the following, he deliverd speech in emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ,the text of the speech is as follows.
Statement by H.E. Dr. Javad Zarif
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
In the Extraordinary Meeting of the Executive Committee of the OIC
On the Recent Development in al-Aqsa Mosque
Istanbul, 1 August 2017
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
Mr. Chairman,
Dear Colleagues,
Allow me to begin by expressing my appreciation to the people and government of the Republic of Turkey for hosting this important meeting to address the deteriorating situation in al-Quds al-Sharif. The situation is inflamed yet again as the occupying forces, in absolute contempt for international law, continue their expansionist agenda against the people of Palestine and Muslim holy sites, especially al-Haram al-Sharif. We strongly condemn this latest episode of Zionist aggression and provocation, which aims to alter the historic status in the Compound, change the demography and assert control over the Islamic holy sites in the heart of Occupied al-Quds al-Sharif. It is but another tragic consequence of the illegal occupation of the Palestinian territory, and the persistent violation of the most fundamental inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.
The city continues to suffocate because of a prolonged siege characterized by checkpoints, occupying forces, illegal settlements, armed and violent settlers, and humiliation, discrimination and oppression of its Palestinian inhabitants. The recent closure of al-Aqsa Mosque, the banning of Friday prayers, and restrictions on Palestinian access to holy sites have further infuriated Palestinians, whose efforts at peaceful protest solely to demand restoration of their rights and preservation of the identity of their city were met with ruthless violence.
We should not also forget the 2 million Palestinians in Gaza, who remain under illegal blockade, in an act of collective punishment, and are deprived from basic necessities even vital medicine, clean water and energy. This deliberate humanitarian nightmare requires urgent remedy through ending the blockade immediately.
Mr. Chairman,
The Israeli regime has continued to ignore all appeals of the outside world to cease and reverse its racist policies and practices against the Palestinian people. We in the Islamic Ummah should, first and foremost, close our ranks in a unified global campaign to thwart the Zionist attempts to conceal their criminal policies and practices. We should all resist any attempt to divert our collective attention from the main goal that brought us together in the OIC. We should not allow any agenda or cause to compromise the main goal of this Organization to enhance the unity of the Ummah against Zionist expansionism and in support of the establishment of a viable independent Palestinian State with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. We should not allow the Zionist to set our agenda or manufacture new causes to ensure their impunity for the crimes they have perpetrated against all of us. We should not be misled by their empty gestures and the illusive mirage of their promises.
We need to engage with one voice with the international community, particularly the Security Council, to put an end to the culture of impunity for the Israeli regime and compel it to cease and reverse its criminal policies and practices.
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