The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has told the United Nations that Israel’s deepening control over the occupied Palestinian territories is exacerbating “violence” in the region.

Palestinian envoy to the United Nations calls on the international community to stop Israel’s recent actions cement control He said this amounted to “the annexation of the land of the Palestinian people.”

Ambassador Riyad Mansour, accompanied by representatives from Arab and Muslim-majority countries, told reporters at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday that the Palestinians were “mobilizing” through diplomacy to oppose Israel’s “illegal” actions.

“We hope and expect that strong partners … will prevent Israel from continuing this behavior that violates international law and the will of the entire international community,” Mansour said.

Israel’s security cabinet on Sunday approved measures that would make it easier for Israelis to seize Palestinian land and buy properties directly in the occupied West Bank, while expanding Israel’s military control over the area.

Israel captured the West Bank and east Jerusalem in 1967 and has been building settlements there, in violation of international law, which prohibits the occupying power from transferring “parts of its civilian population into the territory it occupies”.

Israel’s occupation has been declared illegal by numerous United Nations resolutions. 2024, International Court of Justice ruling on israeli settlements “And the regimes associated with them” in the West Bank and East Jerusalem “violate international law.”

“Israel’s expansionist policies”

Israeli officials have publicly stated that the latest move is aimed at annexing the West Bank and preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, said on Tuesday that Israel’s move to tighten control over the West Bank represented “de facto sovereignty” over the area.

countries around the world Condemned Israeli measures, but the international community has not resulted in any meaningful consequences or sanctions for the country’s mistreatment of Palestinians.

On Tuesday, Mansour highlighted growing international support for Palestinian opposition to the Israeli occupation and stressed that Palestine “is not alone.”

“It has an Arab depth, an Islamic depth, and we have many other friends who will also come forward to state their position on this specific issue,” he told reporters.

Turkish Ambassador to the United Nations Ahmed Yildiz read out a statement from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemning the Israeli move.

“The Organization of the Islamic Conference condemns in the strongest possible terms Israel’s illegal decisions and measures aimed at imposing illegal Israeli sovereignty, entrenching settlement activities and imposing new legal and administrative realities in the occupied West Bank,” he wrote.

“We say that Israel’s expansionist policies and the illegal measures taken by the Israeli government in the occupied West Bank will only exacerbate violence and conflict in the region.”

Days ago, Israel pushed to tighten control of West Bank Netanyahu visits China Heading to the United States will officially begin on Wednesday.

US President Donald Trump is a staunch supporter of Israel and has previously said express objection Annex the occupied West Bank.