ISTANBULE: Group Photo of the leaders at the Extraordinary Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on "Al Quds Al Sharif.
OIC recognizes East Jerusalem as Palestine's capital Istanbul (Monitoring Desk): Pushing back against last week's US declaration, the final communique of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation "OIC" Istanbul summit on Wednesday recognized East Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian state, urging the international community to do the same. The communique came after Muslims leaders, including Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, gathered at an extraordinary summit of the (OIC) in Turkey's commercial capital. Palestine has been on OIC member state for nearly 30 years. The communique said it "reflects and condemns in the strongest terms the unilateral decision by the President of the United States of America recognizing Jerusalem as the so called capital of Israel, the occupying power." It urged the world to recognize East Jerusalem as the occupied capital of the Palestinian state and invited "all countries to recognize the state of Palestine and East Jerusalem as its occupied capital." The 57 member bloc also affirmed "its readiness to take the Jerusalem issue to the UN General Assembly if the UN Security decision was "the greatest crime" and a violation of international law. Last week, . Council ails to take action" against the "grave violation" of the US decision. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas added that his country would not accept a future role for the US in the Middle East peace process. "We will never allow the US a role in the future peace process. Jerusalem is and always will be the capital of Palestine," he said, calling on the world to acknowledge the city as such and adding that "Donald Trump's" decision was "the greatest crime" and a violation of international law. last week, Donald Trump's announced his decision despite widespread opposition across the Middle East to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel's Capital.
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