Arab League stands with Palestinians
Arab league rejected Trump’s peace plan
The foreign
ministers of the member states of the Arab League unanimously adopted a
resolution on Saturday rejecting the Trump Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, and
said that "it does not satisfy the minimum of the rights and aspirations
of the Palestinian people."
The Trump
administration was counting on a coalition of Arab countries it has built over
the last several years to prevent such a resolution and press the Palestinians
to go back to the table. Those efforts did not materialize.
The Arab
League foreign ministers convened on Saturday in Cairo at the request of the
Palestinians to discuss the Trump plan. The closing statement, which passed in
consensus between all member states, said the U.S. plan contradicts the
principles of the peace process and United Nations resolutions. The statement
also explained that Arab countries will not engage with the U.S. on the plan
and will not cooperate with the Trump administration in its implementation.
The Arab
League foreign ministers' statement said the Arab peace initiative is the basis
for any peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, which must include a
Palestinian state on the 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The
statement also warned Israel not to annex any part of the West Bank and underscored
that the U.S. and Israel will be responsible for the consequences of such
moves.
At
Saturday's meeting, Arab foreign ministers who spoke after Abbas backed the
Palestinian position, but almost all refrained from criticizing the Trump
administration.
The Arab
League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo said the plan would not lead to a
comprehensive and just peace, and that the League would not cooperate with the
US in implementing it.
Foreign
ministers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, among others, said
there could be no peace without recognising Palestinian rights and a
comprehensive solution.
International desk
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