CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of leaders and senior officials from Arab and Islamic countries Sunday condemned recent Israeli measures in Jerusalem and the West Bank, where violence has surged between Israel and the Palestinians.
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The meeting in Cairo was hosted by the Arab League and attended by President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt, Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas along with many foreign ministers and senior officials.
Speakers at the meeting condemned Israel’s “unilateral measures” in Jerusalem and the West Bank in statements, including home demolitions and expanding settlements.
They also condemned visits by Israeli officials to the city’s contested holy site, which is sacred to both Jews and Muslims and has often been the epicenter of Israeli-Palestinian unrest.
There was no immediate comment from Israel’s government.
The officials also voiced support for Jordan’s role as custodian of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam. The mosque is built on a hilltop in Jerusalem’s Old City that is the most sacred site for Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount because it was the site of the Jewish temples in antiquity.
They should first condemn killing innocent children
These demons will be the first to be punished for their crimes against humanity
Sure they give lip service. But still they maintain their contact with isreal
This almost looks like fair and balanced reporting from the AP..
..until one realizes they’re just distracting from failing to contextualize the reason for the incursions into “East Jerusalem and the West Bank” were because of terrorist activity, and the “home demolitions” were of those that housed terrorists.
Meanwhile, more than anything else, this an attempt first and foremost to lob any pressure on Israel’s “far-right” government, and secondarily as a ploy to gain international support from governments and organizations to help curb settlement expansion.
Gotta wonder what Egypt and Jordan etc are doing in the mix given that this is all more of a headache than a benefit for them.
Either way, this won’t deter Israel one bit.
“Eretz asher einei Hashem Elokecha ba, meireishis hashana ve’ad acharis shana.”
You mean All the cowards that are afraid of their own shadow Wow I am impressed!
They should all undergo circumcisions on their heads.