KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Israel has inflicted
substantial losses exceeding 8 billion U.S. dollars on the
Palestinian economy, according to a report of the Organization of
Islamic Conference (OIC).
   The amount lost was the result of Israel's destruction of the
Palestinian economic infrastructure, institutions, agricultural
land and services and the stoppage of working facilities and
public life, said the report tabled by OIC secretary-general
Abdelouahed Belkeziz at the on-going extraordinary session of OIC
Foreign Ministers on Terrorism here Monday.
   On top of that, Israel continued to hold back around 1 billion
dollars in taxes and custom duties due to the Palestinian National
Authority, the report said.
   The report said that Israel continued to escalate its attacks
with its forces deliberately destroying the Palestinian
infrastructure, bulldozing and vandalizing water, electricity and
drainage networks.
   The report said Israel had wrecked the Gaza International
Airport runways on several occasions, destroyed private
helicopters of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, bombarding
Arafat's offices in Gaza, Nabuls, Bethlehem and Ramallah.
   The Israelis also interfered in the religious affairs of
Palestinian Christian groups including persistent attempts to
steal the endowment lands owned by Palestinian Christian churches,
it said.
   The Israelis' aggression had been waged hand-in-hand with
blatant violations of human rights and scandalous breaches of
international covenants and agreements, particularly the Fourth
Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilians in Times of War
and the Third Geneva Convention on the Rights of Prisoners and
Detainees, the report added.  Enditem