From Muslim summit ‘rejects and condemns’ Trump Jerusalem move
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleISTANBUL — Muslim nations have “rejected and condemned” US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and have called on the world to recognize East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state.
The Istanbul Declaration on “Freedom for al-Quds” — the Arabic name of Jerusalem — follows Wednesday’s extraordinary summit of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
The final communiqué is a softened version of an earlier draft. With it the organization declares the US announcement as “null and void,” while inviting Trump to reconsider and rescind the “unlawful decision that might trigger chaos in the region.”
The declaration calls on countries who have not yet recognized Palestine to do so and invites “the whole world to recognize East Al-Quds as the capital.”
— AP
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