The decision of US President Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has generated a series of reactions in Palestine and around the world.

Here are the latest developments, both on the diplomatic and street front, as of Sunday, December 24:

at a meeting of his AK Party in Istanbul on Friday.

“The US should turn back from this wrong step,” he said, at a meeting of his AK Party in Istanbul on Friday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Washington to reverse its move to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in line with the UN General Assembly’s vote to reject Trump’s decision.

Two Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israeli forces during protests against Trump’s Jerusalem move on Friday.

A 28-year-old Palestinian man died on Saturday, nearly a week after he was wounded by Israeli fire during a protest on the Gaza border against the US official recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Abbas said the Palestinian Christian community is “an integral part of the Palestinian people”, and “the descendants of the first followers of Jesus Christ”, in the statement on Friday.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called on “world Christians to listen to the true voices of the indigenous Christians from the Holy Land … that strongly rejected the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital,” in a statement ahead of Christmas.

Bethlehem, normally brimming with tourists at this time of year, has been almost empty of visitors in recent days due to nearby clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian protesters.

Dahdouh’s death takes the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since Trump’s December 6 announcement to 15.

The ministry of health in the Gaza Strip confirmed on Sunday that Mohammed Sami al-Dahdouh, 14, died as a result of wounds suffered during a protest against Israeli soldiers at Gaza’s eastern border earlier this week.

Palestinian Christian leaders have rejected Trump’s decision, describing it as “dangerous” and “insulting”. The US move is offensive to “Christians and Muslims around the world who consider Jerusalem as an incubator of their most sacred, spiritual and national heritage”, Atallah Hanna, the archbishop of Jerusalem’s Greek Orthodox church, said in a statement ahead of Christmas.

Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Saudi Arabi’s king Salman bin Abdulaziz have said the Islamic world should “act with unity” against the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as capital of Israel. During a meeting in Riyadh on Wednesday, the two said the Muslim world should remain united to protect the rights of Palestinian “brothers”, according to a statement from the Turkish prime minister’s office. Both Turkey and Saudi Arabia have strongly criticised US President Donald Trump’s decision.

Israeli forces respond to Friday protests on Gaza-Israel border with live ammunition, injuring 20-year-old Jamal Mosleh, who died of his wounds a day later, on December 30.

“ugly and unforgivable” threats ahead of the vote, and praised the 128 countries who rejected his decision on Jerusalem for taking an “ honourable stance” despite Washington’s actions.

Erdogan criticised the US president for making “ugly and unforgivable” threats ahead of the vote, and praised the 128 countries who rejected his decision on Jerusalem for taking an “ honourable stance” despite Washington’s actions.

Trump had threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that voted against his decision on Jerusalem.

Trump had threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that voted against his decision on Jerusalem.

Trump had threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that voted against his decision on Jerusalem.

Trump had threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that voted against his decision on Jerusalem.

The non-binding measure passed at a UN General Assembly emergency meeting on Thursday with 128 votes in favour and nine against, while 35 countries abstained.

UN General Assembly rejects Trump’s Jerusalem move . A resoundingly majority of United Nations member states has defied unprecedented threats by the US to approve a draft resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Malaysia was one of the more than 120 countries who voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution calling for the United States to drop its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Thursday.

Malaysia will do all it can to save Jerusalem and will not be cowed by the US or quietened by his close ties with US President Donald Trump, the prime minister told demonstrators.

Malysian leader Najib Razak headed a protest involving thousands of Muslims against Trump’s decision in the country’s capital, Putrajaya, on Friday.

“The United States has proven to be a dishonest mediator in the peace process and we will no longer accept any plan from the United States,” he said, at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced he will reject any Israeli-Palestinian peace plan proposed by Washington.

The White House picked up the phone and called these countries one by one, threatening them blatantly.”

he US leadership is “committing another mistake when they have distributed this famous letter trying to threaten countries.” Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said.

Turkey, Palestine lash out at US threats . President Erdogan told the United States on Thursday it could not buy Turkey’s support , “I hope and expect the US won’t get the result it expects from there (UN).”

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki told the emergency UN General Assembly session on the US’ Jerusalem move: “We cannot help but ask: what does this decision serve? It serves the Israeli government on implementing its colonial plans. It serves the powers of extremism and terrorism in the region and the world. Who could imagine there would be any credibility to a peace plan where Jerusalem is excluded. Is there any voice that supports peace?”

“Turkey will never let al-Quds [Jerusalem] down. The Palestinian people will never be left alone.”

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at the emergency UN General Assembly meeting on Jerusalem: “For so many times, we have came here to say the Palestinians have the right to live like the rest of us; they have the right to be free and secure; they have the right to prosperous; and they have the right to enjoy what is their own. Yet our words couldn’t make a change. The illegal occupation continues. And Palestinians cannot enjoy their basic rights…

“The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the General Assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation.”

“The arguments about the president’s decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem have already been made. They are by now well known… The decision does not prejudge final status issues, including Jerusalem’s boundaries,” she added.

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said: “The United States is by far the single largest contributor to the United Nations and its agencies. We do this in part in order to advance our values and our interests … We have an obligation to demand more for our investment.

“I have no doubt that today’s resolution will also end up in the trash bin of history. I have no doubt that the day will come when the entire international community will finally come to recognise Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the state of Israel.

Danny Danon , Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, told the body’s General Assembly: “This resolution only encourages more violence and instability…. We know that Jerusalem is sacred to billions around the world. Israel respects all religions and encourages everyone to visit and pray in the holy city.

“We strongly condemn this reckless unilateral act by the US to distort the historical facts and replace them with fiction.”

“The appalling tragedy and the old wound of our region in the past 100 years which began with the conspiracy of the Balfour Declaration has entered a new phase with the politically incorrect, illegal and unlawful promise of the US president to move the American embassy to the Holy City of al-Quds [Jerusalem].

Gholamali Khoshroo , Iran’s UN envoy, said: “The Israeli occupation lies at the centre of all crises and conflicts in the Middle East and beyond, a fact which has long been acknowledged at the UN.

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According to the report, There are currently approximately 208,000 Israelis living in East Jerusalem.

E1 (“East 1”) is the name the Israeli Ministry of Housing and Construction designated to a 12 square kilometre block of land between East Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, within the jurisdiction of Ma’ale Adumim. E-1 borders on the towns of Anata, Abu Dis, Al’Eizariya and Az -Za’ayyem, all located just beyond the eastern border of the Municipality of Jerusalem.

EU report outlines Israeli settlement developments. “The E1 plan would entail a severe breach of contiguity between East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Primary among these developments, in addition to demolition orders in the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, located near E1, are reports of advancement of the northernmost section of the Eastern Ring Road, which would facilitate access to the city for settlers northeast of the city while carrying Palestinians from Ramallah to Bethlehem without entry into Jerusalem” the report issued on Friday reads.

Iran accuses US of diverting public attention . On Friday, Iran’s ambassador to the UN accused the US of diverting attention from its Jerusalem decision as the US ambassador to the UN presented what it calls “undeniable evidence” that Iran is violating UN resolutions.

Erdogan seeks to annul US decision . Speaking to crowds gathered in the central Anatolian city of Konya via teleconference, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would first seek annulment of the move in the Security Council, and if that failed it would try at the UN General Assembly.

EU on Jerusalem. Amid a two-day European Union Council summit started on Thursday, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk wrote on Twitter that “EU leaders reiterate firm commitment to the two-state solution and, in this context, the EU position on Jerusalem remains unchanged.”

Arab MPs meet in Morocco. Heads of Arab parliaments convened on Thursday in Morocco to coordinate their action following Trump’s Jerusalem decision.

The conferees decided to form a parliamentary committee to be in contact with the European Union and continental parliaments to tell them about the “repercussions of Trump’s move on the peace process in the Middle East region”, according to Kuwait’s news agency.

They also agreed to “make all efforts” to set up headquarters for the Palestinian Legislative Council in the city of Jerusalem.

Lebanese embassy in East Jerusalem. “The government has decided to form a committee, headed up by Prime Minister Saad Hariri, to study proposals by Foreign Minister Jubran Bassil to open a Lebanese embassy in Jerusalem,” Information Minister Melhem Riashi announced following a Thursday cabinet meeting.

In his announcement last week, Trump said his administration had yet to decide on “the specific boundaries of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem”.

Qatar calls on US to reverse move. Foreign ministry spokesperson Lulwa Al Khater said Qatar will work “at both the Arab and Islamic levels” to ensure United Nations resolutions are upheld in the wake of the Washington’s policy change.

Israeli minister invites MBS. Israel’s Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz has invited Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to visit Israel and recommended that peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel happen under Saudi’s auspices.

Netanyahu unimpressed by OIC. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a declaration by Muslim leaders that East Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine.

King Salman outlines Saudi priorities. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman delivered an annual speech outlining his government’s priorities for the coming year, reiterating the kingdom’s stated commitment to a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.

“I repeat the kingdom’s condemnation and strong regret over the US decision on Jerusalem, for its relinquishment of the historic rights of the Palestinian people in Jerusalem,” the king said.

Bahrain approves Israeli delegation. Rabbi Abraham Cooper told the Jerusalem Post on Friday that a delegation of Israeli business leaders will travel to Bahrain in January, and that “the Bahrainis have approved it”.

OIC leaders meet in Istanbul. Seeking a united stance against Trump’s decision, leaders from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) gathered in Istanbul on Wednesday for an extraordinary session.

At the summit, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinians would not accept any role for the United States in a peace process with Israel “from now on”.

The secretary-general of the OIC has called on countries who have not recognized Palestine as a state to do so. Abbas also urged those who recognize Israel to reconsider, saying the Jewish state has not committed to any international resolution.

A “key question is what should be our response?” Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi asked at the OIC summit. “Should we accept this as fait accompli? We hope that a few demonstrations of rage will not dissipate in passive acceptance of the status quo.”

Maduro arrives in Istanbul. Condemning Trump’s decision on Jerusalem, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in the Turkish city to participate in the extraordinary session of the OIC on Wednesday.

Ankara criticises Arab reaction. “Some Arab countries have shown very weak responses [on Jerusalem]”, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. “It seems some countries are very timid of the United States.”

At Wednesday’s meeting of the OIC, to be held in Istanbul, “we will make a call for countries that have so far not recognised Palestine to do so now,” added Cavusoglu.

Tehran ‘ready’ to support Palestinian resistance. On Tuesday, Qassem Soleimani, the commander of foreign operations of the elite Revolutionary Guards, said Iran is ready to support the “Islamic resistance forces” in Palestine wholeheartedly.

Iran’s Parliament also called on Muslim countries to reduce economic ties with the US.

Putin, Erdogan criticise US move. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a one-day regional tour with a stop in Turkey, where he joined his Turkish counterpart in criticising the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

PLO denounces Trump’s declaration. In an interview on Monday with Al Jazeera, Hanan Ashrawi said the US had made any peace talks between Israel and Palestine “irrelevant and superfluous” with its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Hezbollah calls for a strategy to confront Israel. Also on Monday, the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said his group and its allies in the region would renew their focus on the Palestinian cause.

Israeli PM tours EU. At a joint news conference with the EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday expressed his hope that “all or most” European states would move their embassies to Jerusalem, recognising it as the capital of Israel.

Turkish leader calls Israel a ‘terrorist state’. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, on Monday labelled Israel a “terrorist state”, and declared the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “null and void”.

Macron and Netanyahu hold talks. On Sunday, in a joint press conference after meeting Netanyahu in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron urged the Israeli leader to negotiate with the Palestinians.