The Islamic bloc at the UN calls for international action against Israel's decision to designate two shrines in the occupied West Bank as "national heritage sites."
Speaking on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) UN ambassadors, Syria's United Nations Ambassador Bashar Jaafari condemned the "illegality and illegitimacy" of the Israeli decision which they view as "null and void."
They called on all relevant UN bodies to take urgent, required measures to force Israel to rescind this decision and urged the Security Council, the General Assembly and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to shoulder their responsibility.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that the regime is planning to include Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem and the Cave of the Patriarchs in al-Khalil in a "national heritage plan."
Palestinian authorities have called on the international community to pressure Israel to renege on its decision. They say this move mirrors Israel's policy to establish the occupation.
The democratically-elected Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has called for uprisings in the occupied West Bank in response to the Israeli plan.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119536§ionid=351020202.
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