Ramallah — The Palestinian Presidency said that the decisions of the Arab and Islamic summits held in Makkah were a victory for the firm and clear Palestinian position. In a press statement, Spokesman of Palestinian Presidency Nabil Abu Rudeineh said the adoption by Arab and Islamic nations of the Palestinian position sent a very clear message that the only way to achieve a just and comprehensive peace is by implementing the international resolutions and rejecting any deal that does not conform to the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state with East Jerusalem (Al-Quds) as its capital on the 1967 borders. The final communique of the 14th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit focused on the question of Palestine and reiterated OIC's call for the Palestinians' right to statehood. The Makkah Declaration reaffirmed the centrality of the question of Palestine and the issue of Jerusalem to the Islamic Ummah and reiterated its principled and continuous support at all levels for the Palestinian people to attain their inalienable national rights, including their right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian State on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital, and stressed the need to protect the right of return for refugees under resolution 194 and to face any denial of these rights with full force. The communique also condemned and rejected any positions issued by international bodies or countries which supports the "prolongation of the occupation and expansionist settlement project at the expense of the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people, including the recognition by the US administration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel."
