Israeli settlements: Arab League to hold emergency meeting over US move
CAIRO: The Arab League (AL) will hold an emergency ministerial level meeting on Nov 25 to discuss the recent United States’ (US) decision to recognise Israeli settlements on occupied territories of Palestine.
Xinhua news agency reported, Palestinian Ambassador to Cairo, Diab al-Louh yesterday said the meeting will discuss the recent US position which no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank as illegal, contrary to international law.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo early of this week voiced support for the establishment of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, saying they are “not, per se, inconsistent with international law.”
The Palestinian ambassador said the recent US move “comes among a series of US unilateral positions and decisions that violate international law and relevant resolutions of international legitimacy.”
Pompeo’s remarks were met by regional and international rejection.
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Ghei two days ago slammed Pompeo’s announcement as “a very negative development,” warning it would encourage Israeli settlers “to exercise more violence and brutality against the Palestinians.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict started more than 70 years ago following the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and the creation of Israel in 1948.
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