Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher and head of Jerusalem’s Supreme Islamic Council Sheikh Ekrima Sabri on Monday described the US president Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the US embassy there as a “declaration of war”.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency Sabri asserted that the protests seen recently across the world against the US move indicate that Jerusalem “does not belong to Palestinians only but to all Muslims”.
He went on to urge Palestinians and the people of Occupied Jerusalem to defend the holy city at all costs saying that “the US arrogance” will not achieve anything.
He added that there is no room now for negotiations or any kind of peace process because the US has already decided its position on Jerusalem contradicting itself and choosing war.
