East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine : Islamic leaders

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 12:14 AM

East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine : Islamic leaders

Istanbul Dec 13: Islamic leaders on Wednesday urged the world to recognise East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, as Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas warned the United States no longer had any role to play in the peace process.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan convened in Istanbul an emergency summit of the world's main pan-Islamic body, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), seeking a coordinated response to the recognition by US President Donald Trump of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Their final statement declared "East Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine" and invited "all countries to recognise the State of Palestine and East Jerusalem as its occupied capital."

They declared Trump's decision "null and void legally" and "a deliberate undermining of all peace efforts" that would give impetus to "extremism and terrorism."