Jerusalem's Mufti: No peace in the area without a Palestinian East Jerusalem

Jerusalem's and Palestine's Mufti Sheik Ekreme Sabri said that will be no peace in the area without the return of occupied Jerusalem as an Arab and Islamic capital for the Palestinian state.

He said in declarations to the Jordanian newspaper al-Destour that the supreme Islamic front in Jerusalem city issued a document named "Jerusalem's era" in which it assured that the holy city is occupied and no peace could be achieved without the end of the occupation and the return of the complete Palestinian control to the city.

Sheik Ekrema urged Arabs and Muslims all over the world to stand by the Palestinian people to end the occupation.