Erdogan tells Muslim summit Jerusalem is capital of Palestine

ISTANBUL:  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on world powers to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine on Wednesday and said the United States should reverse a decision recognising the city as Israel´s capital.

Addressing a summit of Muslim leaders in Istanbul, Erdogan described Washington´s decision last week as a reward for Israeli "terror acts" and said the city was a red line for Muslims.

"I am inviting the countries who value international law and fairness to recognise occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine," he told leaders from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) gathered for an emergency meeting in Istanbul, saying Islamic countries would "never give up" on this demand.

US Jerusalem decision ´greatest crime´ 

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said the Trump administration´s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was the "greatest crime" and a flagrant violation of international law.

"Jerusalem is and always will be the capital of Palestine," he told  the OIC summit .   He said the United States was giving away Jerusalem as if it were an American city.

"It crosses all the red lines," he said. 

Abbas said it was unacceptable for the United States to have a role in the Middle East peace process because it was biased in favour of Israel.