CAIRO, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The Arab League (AL), the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and 10 Arab, Islamic countries on Thursday strongly condemned the Israeli Knesset's approval of a motion calling for the imposition of so-called "Israeli sovereignty" over the occupied West Bank.
In a joint statement, they considered the Israeli move as a "a flagrant breach" of international law and relevant UN Security Council resolutions which affirm the invalidity of all measures and decisions seeking to legitimize the occupation, including settlement activities in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967.
The AL, OIC, and Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Nigeria, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates reaffirmed that Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territory, according to the statement.
The statement stressed that the unilateral Israeli move has no legal basis and cannot alter the legal status of the occupied land.
"The Israeli actions only fuel the growing tension in the region, which has been exacerbated by the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the resulting humanitarian catastrophe there," it added.
They called on the international community to take urgent actions to halt Israel's illegal policies that undermine the prospects for a just and lasting peace in the region.
The statement also reaffirmed these parties' commitment to the two-state solution and the establishment of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state on the June 4, 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
On Wednesday, the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, approved a non-binding motion in favor of annexing the West Bank. ■
