CAIRO (AP) The Cairo-based Arab League has condemned remarks by the Czech president about moving his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, calling them a violation of Palestinian rights and international resolutions.
In its Wednesday's statement, the 22-nation organization called for summoning the Czech ambassador in Cairo toexpress "dangers of these remarks."
The United Nations proposed an international jurisdiction for Jerusalem when it wrote the mandate for a Jewish state in 1947, but a 1948 war divided the city between Israeli and Jordanian control. Israel captured the Old City in another war in 1967, brining all of Jerusalem under a disputed jurisdiction.
Israel claims the entire city as its capital and maintains the seat of government there. The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as the capital of a future state.
