An extraordinary meeting of Arab foreign ministers is held at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 19, 2017. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

CAIRO, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Arab League (AL) warned on Sunday against the "hazardous consequences" if the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

"If implemented, it would mark a change in Washington's historical stance that sees the holy city as an occupied Palestinian city and an integral part of the occupied Palestinian lands," Saeed Abu-Ali, AL assistant secretary general for the occupied Palestinian and Arab lands, said in the statement.

The statement was issued after U.S. media reported on Friday that President Donald Trump was considering to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and might make an announcement on Wednesday.

Trump vowed during his presidential campaign to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a disputed holy city which the Palestinians want to be the capital city for their future state.

Abu-Ali said that such U.S. recognition would give Israel the green light to continue its breaches of international resolutions and its occupation of the Palestinian lands, urging Washington to act as an 'impartial broker" of the peace process.

Over the past couple of days, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been contacting with and seeking support from Arab and Western leaders, warning about the potential destructive effects of the relocation of the U.S. embassy.

The decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict emerged since the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and the Western-backed creation of Israel in 1948.

Israel is blamed by the international community for the deadlock of the peace process since 2014 due to its settlement expansion policy, which is rejected even by its strongest ally, the United States.

The Palestinians seek to establish an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital in the light of the UN-proposed two-state solution based on the pre-1967 borders.