Palestine called today for an emergency meeting of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level as soon as possible to discuss the US administration’s recent position on illegal Israeli settlement in lands occupied in 1967.
Instructed by President Mahmoud Abbas, the permanent representative delegation of Palestine to the Arab League addressed the General Secretariat of the League to hold a ministerial meeting to discuss the recent US position on Israeli settlement.
Arab League slams softer US stance on int’l legality of Israeli settlements in #WestBank https://t.co/ndvXzFFT76
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) November 19, 2019
Meanwhile, the Arab League Secretariat said in a statement that it has agreed to hold the emergency meeting, but has not decided the date yet.
On Monday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that the US no longer considers the Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as inconsistent with international law.
US shifts position on Israel's Jewish settlements, no longer viewing them as inconsistent with international law https://t.co/iWkmBoVVa8
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 18, 2019
The Palestinian leadership condemned Pompeo’s remarks, stressing that the new US position totally contradicts international law, United Nations resolutions opposed to settlements, particularly UN Security Council resolutions 2334 of 2016.
Earlier on Tuesday, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit condemned the statements made by US Secretary of State, affirming that such statements are considered a very negative development.
#Netanyahu heralds 'historic' #US shift on #Israel's settlements pic.twitter.com/9B1fk80Maz
— Ruptly (@Ruptly) November 19, 2019
In a statement, Aboul-Gheit warned that this position would lead Israeli settlers to practice more violence and brutality against the Palestinian population, stressing that it undermines any prospects for a just peace based on ending the Israeli occupation.
(Wafa, PC, Social Media)
