The Summit's communique also condemned and rejected any positions issued by international bodies or countries which support the "prolongation of the occupation and expansionist settlement project at the expense of the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people, including the recognition by the US administration of Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel." The summit this year was titled "Mecca Summit: Together for the Future," and aimed at developing a unified stance on events in the Islamic world.
decision to recognize Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel and said the House doesn't want a reversal of the decision only, but also an international recognition of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
RAMALLAH, Saturday, December 22, 2018 (WAFA) -- The Nationalist and Islamic Forces in Ramallah called on Saturday for a protest at the Australian Representative Office in Ramallah against Australian government recognition of West Jerusalem as
capital of Israel.
This came in a speech by Qatar's Permanent Representative to the Arab League, Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz al-Sahlawi, at an Arab league meeting He said that the Palestinian cause was facing many risks, highlighting the recent decision in Australia to recognise West Al Quds as a
capital of Israel and neglecting all the international resolutions on the issue.
The Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, expressed his concerns over Australia's step to consider West Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel. He added on Sunday that this step contradicts with international law, and the rights of the Palestinians.
to recognize Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel and it will take years more for the UN to recognize it,' Netanyahu said during a visit to southern Israel.
The resolution effectively condemns the unilateral US move declaring [occupied] Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel, and calls for compliance with Security Council resolutions on the status of the city, which is also claimed by Palestine as its capital."
President Donald Trump "to withdraw his recognition of Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel and his decision to move the US embassy to it." "Declaring Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel means the Judaization of al-Quds and the demise of Christian and Islamic characteristics, igniting the war once again," Rahi went on.
21 in an unprecedented vote, the United Nations General Assembly strongly denounced the United States' recognition of Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel and the intended transfer of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to the Holy City.
1 ( ANI ): The Palestinian government has recalled its United States ambassador following US President Donald Trump's controversial decision of recognising Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel a few weeks ago.
HAFIZABAD -- The resolution passed by the United Nation General Assembly rejecting the recognition of Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel by the US was widely lauded by the social, political and religious workers.
"There is a political decision to recognize Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel and we will strive to reach an international political decision to recognize a Palestinian state with (East) Jerusalem as its capital," Safadi said.