Jeddah: The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) commemorated the 77th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba at its headquarters Thursday. Hussein Ibrahim Taha, OIC Secretary General, emphasized in a speech delivered on his behalf by Samir Bakr Diab, Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Sharif Affairs, that the Palestinian Nakba embodies a dark mark on the human conscience and bears witness to the absence of international justice and the inability to provide justice to the oppressed among the Palestinian people.

According to Qatar News Agency, he expressed his appreciation to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which faces systematic targeting by the occupation, for its representation as a ray of hope that shines in the darkness of the ongoing Nakba. He noted the continuing repercussions of the Nakba, including the crimes of destruction, forced displacement, ethnic cleansing, and genocide perpetrated by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinians.

This year's Nakba anniversary comes as the Israeli occupation army continues its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip for 587 consecutive days, amid unprecedented international silence and failure.