Arab League sets out plans against recognition of Jerusalem as Israel capital

The League of Arab states has set out plans to counter the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and any other state, according to a document released after a ministerial meeting of the organisation in Cairo.

The document said the plan, which must be prepared in two weeks, will include political, judicial and economic measures.

It added: “The organisation’s secretariat has been tasked with developing a comprehensive action plan that includes measures that can be used to counter the decision of the United States or any other state to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel or to move the embassy to this city.”

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said the organisation should revise relations with the US, Guatemala and other countries that may recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move their embassies to the city.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said this week the relocation of the US embassy to Jerusalem and its recognition as the capital of Israel does not change the judicial status of the city and does not abolish the rights of Palestinians to their land.

The relocation of the US embassy was met with riots on the Gaza Strip border which was suppressed by Israeli forces which resulted in over 60 Palestinians dead and over 2,700 others injured.

The clash was the bloodiest day in Gaza since 2014.