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Arab foreign ministers late on Saturday urged the United States to abandon its decision to
recognize Al- Quds as Israel‘s capital, saying the move would increase violence throughout the region.
REUTERS– The announcement by Donald Trump on Wednesday was a “dangerous violation of international
law”, had no legal impact and was “void”, the Arab League said in a statement after a session attended by all its members in Cairo
.
Trump’s endorsement of Israel’s claim to all of Al- Quds as its capital would reverse long-standing U.S. policy
that the city’s status must be decided in negotiations with the Palestinians, who want Al- Quds as the capital of their future state.
“The decision has no legal effect … it deepens tension, ignites anger and threatens to plunge region into
more violence and chaos,” the Arab League said at 3 a.m. local time after hours of meetings that began on Saturday evening.
It said it would seek a U.N. Security Council resolution rejecting the U.S. move.
Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said during the emergency meeting that Arab nations should consider
imposing economic sanctions against the United States to prevent it moving its Israel embassy to Al- Quds from Tel Aviv.
“Pre-emptive measures (must be) taken … beginning with diplomatic measures, then political, then economic
and financial sanctions,” he said, without giving specific details.
The Arab League statement made no mention of economic sanctions.
Arab criticism of Trump’s plan contrasted sharply with the praise Washington’s traditional Arab allies heaped
on him at the beginning of his administration in January.