Najib and Hadi will attend Malaysia rally to address plight of Palestinians

There must be common grounds when it comes to an issue of importance to Islam and the Muslim community, Najib told the Malaysian media covering his official visit on Saturday.

Mr Najib said he would also highlight Malaysia's position on the matter. 

It is reported that the prime minister will join the rally together with PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang to condemn the United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

The decision by Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has sparked anger and condemnation from Muslim & other communities all over the world.

Mr Najib said he would highlight the outcome of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) extraordinary summit in Istanbul on the subject.

At the summit on Wednesday (Dec 13), Islamic leaders urged the world to recognize occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, as Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas warned that the US will no longer have any role to play in the peace process.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan convened the emergency summit of the world's main pan-Islamic body, seeking a tough response to the recognition by Mr Trump of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Iranian delegation in the summit also urged Islamic nations to take quick steps to recognize Palestine as a country and al-Qods as the Palestinian capitol.

With the Islamic world mired in division, the summit fell well short of agreeing any concrete sanctions against Israel or the US. But their final statement declared "Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine" and invited "all countries to recognize the State of Palestine and Jerusalem as its capital", reported by AFP.