(MENAFN)The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has pointed out to Britain and other countries the importance of recognizing Palestine as an independent state.
The statement was issued to pass the OIC's disapproval of the British government's plan to organize a celebration to mark Thursday's centenary of the Balfour Declaration, which gave Israel the right to establish their state on Palestinian territory.
The OIC stated that the declaration has taken the land from its owners; the Palestinians, and celebrating that could only worsen the situation in the occupied territories.
The OIC described the declaration as a "heinous act", and called on the UK government to take responsibility and end the Israeli occupation and its illegal policies, practices and expansion plans.
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