Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (formerly Organization of the Islamic Conference), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, condemned today, the Israeli decision to build 900 new settlement units in Gilo settlement in East Jerusalem and 400 other units in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The Israeli acceleration in approving enhancing settlement plans, is a blatant violation of international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention and requires a firm international intervention by the international community. The OIC secretary general called on the Quartet action to compel Israel to cease all forms of settlement that affects the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. The planning committee of the Israeli municipality in Jerusalem approved on Monday a plan to build 900 settlement units in Gilo settlement, which is illegally built in East Jerusalem.
