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The Arab ministerial delegation tasked with following up on the repercussions of the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city held its first meeting in Amman this Saturday (Jan.6). The ministerial delegation, set up by the Arab League last December 17, is […]
A decisive vote in the UN General Assembly has further isolated the US in the international community. The vote of 128 against nine, with 35 abstentions and 21 countries not voting, has been received in Washington as a stinging rebuke for Trump and a rejection of his unilateral declaration of Jerusalem as a capital of […]
The Arab world group at the United Nations praised, during the emergency special session of the UN general assembly on Jerusalem held Thursday, the role of the Al-Quds Committee, under the chairmanship of King Mohammed VI, in the preservation of the Arab identity, character and demographic composition of the holy city. The emergency special meeting […]
Morocco is part of the ministerial delegation set up by the Arab League to carry out diplomatic and media actions meant to oppose the negative impacts of the US President’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to move the US embassy in Israel to the holy city. The Arab league announced the formation […]
Leaders from the 57-member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation have called on the world community to recognize East-Jerusalem as the “Occupied Capital” of the future State of Palestine and condemned the US administration’s move to recognize Al-Quds as capital of Israel and to relocate the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy […]
Thousands of Moroccan protesters took to the streets in downtown Rabat Sunday to protest United States President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The protesters, including members of trade unions, political parties and civil society organizations, waved Palestinian flags and carried banners with slogans saying “Jerusalem, capital of Palestine!” Members […]
Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said that the World should respond pragmatically to Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as a capital of Israel. Speaking at the emergency meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers in Cairo Saturday, Bourita reiterated Morocco’s position in support of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, urging the Arab League to act plausibly and […]
US President Donald Trump has formally recognized Jerusalem and ordered the setting up of a plan to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city for the three monotheistic religions: Islam, Christianity and Judaism. The decision triggered a wave of condemnations worldwide and warnings that it would actually destroy all prospects of […]
Carrying on his efforts to unite the international community in a bid to block the US President’s plans to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to transfer its embassy to the Holy city, King Mohammed VI of Morocco has addressed a message to the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, warning that any change […]
King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al Quds Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation – a grouping that comprises 57 countries representing over one billion citizens, has voiced his “deep concern and that of Arab and Muslim countries” over the U.S. administration plan to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to move its […]