CAIRO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- An emergency meeting of Arab League foreign ministers kicked off Thursday in Cairo to discuss the latest developments in Palestine in the wake of recent relocation of U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Speaking during the opening of the session, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir, who chairs the meeting, said the U.S. decision to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem defies the international legitimacy and ignores the rights of the Palestinian people.
He warned of the dangerous consequences of the U.S. decision, which provokes the feelings of Muslims.
Al-Jubeir stressed Saudi Arabia rejects the U.S. decision on Jerusalem, adding that his country will always help the Palestinian people until they establish their independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The Saudi minister also condemned Israel's killing of dozens of peaceful protesters in the Gaza Strip in recent days.
The ministers' meeting is planned to discuss a draft resolution outlined on Wednesday to take an joint Arab action against the U.S. decision and its repercussions.
On Monday, the United States moved its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to the disputed city of Jerusalem, six months after U.S. President Donald Trump recognized the city as the capital of Israel.
At least 63 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were killed and about 2,800 wounded over the past three days in confrontations between Israeli forces and Palestinian protesters against moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, the city the Palestinians want its eastern part as the capital of their future state.
Mass Palestinian protests were launched on March 30 in five different locations along the borders between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel.
Some 111 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire since late March during the protests held to demand the return of Palestinian refugees to their homes in Israel.
