A statement by the nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation hewed closely to previous ones issued by the Saudi-based group, including backing the decades-old call for Palestinians to have their own nation with East Jerusalem as its capital. However, recent normalization deals between Israel and some nations in the group — as well as their own concerns about Hamas — saw diplomats at points instead criticize each other. The past week has seen some of the worst violence across Israel and the Palestinian territory since the war in Gaza, with militants launching missiles and Israel pounding the blockaded coastal strip home to 2 million people with heavy fire. At least Palestinians have been killed in Gaza with 1, people wounded. Eight people in Israel have been killed. But the videoconference meeting saw some delegates instead turn their fire toward countries like Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates, Muslim nations which reached normalization deals last year to recognize Israel.

Islam is a major religion in Palestine , being the religion of the majority of the Palestinian population. For four months the siege continued. Caliph Umar, then at Medina, agreed to these terms and traveled to Jerusalem to sign the capitulation in the spring of Having accepted the surrender, Caliph Umar then entered Jerusalem with Sophronius "and courteously discoursed with the patriarch concerning its religious antiquities".

People shout slogans to express solidarity with the Palestinian people after participating in Eid al-Fitr prayers marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, May 13, But unfortunately no result has been obtained, because a clear stance is not displayed. In several days of conflict, Hamas has fired volleys of rockets towards Israeli cities and Israel has launched air strikes against the Islamist faction in the Gaza Strip.