The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s call to establish a synagogue at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, according to Al Jazeera.

The OIC – the world’s second-largest intergovernmental body after the UN – said it considers the “statements of the extremist minister” and the “continued storming and desecration of the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque” by Israeli settlers and ministers “a flagrant violation of the Geneva Conventions and international law”.

“The city of Jerusalem (Al-Quds) is an integral part of the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967, and the capital of the State of Palestine,” the OIC said, adding that “all decisions and measures taken by the Israeli occupation to Judaize the occupied city of Jerusalem have no legal effect”.

The OIC also said it held Israel “fully responsible” for the fallout from Ben-Gvir’s remarks and Israel’s “systematic violations and attacks that constitute a provocation to the feelings of Muslims all over the world”.