{"id":34941,"date":"2017-12-05T11:28:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T06:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=34941"},"modified":"2017-12-05T11:28:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T06:28:41","slug":"oic-calls-for-summit-of-muslim-nations-if-us-takes-decision-to-recognize-jerusalem-as-israels-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=34941","title":{"rendered":"OIC calls for summit of Muslim nations if US takes decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital"},"content":{"rendered":"

RIYADH Dec 05 (TNS):<\/strong> The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Monday called for a summit of Muslim nations if the United States takes the controversial decision to\u00a0 recognize Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

President Trump faces a key decision this week over Jerusalem\u2019s status, potentially reversing years of US policy and prompting a furious response from the Palestinians and the Arab world.<\/p>\n

The 57-member OIC sought to amplify concern over the possible move in an emergency meeting on Monday in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea city of Jeddah.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the United States takes the step of recognizing Jerusalem as the so-called capital of Israel, we unanimously recommend holding a meeting at the level of council of foreign ministers followed by an Islamic summit as soon as possible,\u201d the pan-Islamic body said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The OIC also warned that recognizing Jerusalem or establishing any diplomatic mission in the disputed city would be seen as a \u201cblatant attack on the Arab and Islamic nations\u201d.<\/p>\n

The status of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues of the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n

Most of the international community, including the United States, does not formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital, insisting the issue can only be resolved through final-status negotiations.<\/p>\n

Central to the issue of recognition is the question of whether Trump decides to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

All foreign embassies are located in Tel Aviv with consular representation in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

Israelis and Palestinians are eagerly watching to see whether he again renews a waiver delaying the move, as his predecessors have done.<\/p>\n

There are suggestions that Trump will sign the waiver and decline to move the embassy for now, but later this week declare Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

Israel, which illegally seized the largely Arab eastern sector of Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexed it, claims both halves of the city as its \u201ceternal and undivided capital\u201d.<\/p>\n

But the Palestinians want the eastern sector as capital of their state and fiercely oppose any Israeli attempt to extend sovereignty there.<\/p>\n

Several peace plans have come unstuck over debates on whether, and how, to divide sovereignty or oversee the city\u2019s sites holy to Christians, Jews and Muslims.<\/p>\n

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RIYADH Dec 05 (TNS): The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Monday called for a summit of Muslim nations if the United States takes the controversial decision to\u00a0 recognize Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital. President Trump faces a key decision this week over Jerusalem\u2019s status, potentially reversing years of US policy and prompting a furious response from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,396],"tags":[816,733],"class_list":["post-34941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-riyadh","tag-riyadh","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34943,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34941\/revisions\/34943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}