The Arab League's leader warns that Israel’s West Bank annexations would endanger peace, possibly sparking 'a religious war in and beyond our region.'
The head of the Arab League warned a high-level U.N. meeting Wednesday that Israel’s annexation of parts of the West Bank would inflame tensions and endanger peace in the Middle East, and could ignite “a religious war in and beyond our region.”
The council meeting came days ahead of the July 1 date that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition deal allows an annexation plan to be presented.Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast war and has built dozens of settlements that are now home to nearly 500,000 Israelis, but never formally claimed it as an Israeli territory due to stiff international opposition.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the meeting with a call on Israel to abandon its annexation plans, an appeal echoed by almost all other speakers including half a dozen ministers and deputy ministers.The U.N. chief said annexation “would constitute a most serious violation of international law, grievously harm the prospect of a two-state solution and undercut the possibilities of a renewal of negotiations.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell backed Quartet action in a letter to the Security Council obtained by the AP that also said “unilateral annexation would inevitably have legal consequences for the international community’s relations with Israel.” A joint statement by six current and incoming European members of the Security Council said “annexation would have consequences for our close relationship with Israel and would not be recognized by us.
The U.S. is Israel’s closest ally and President Trump’s administration has taken a much softer line toward Israeli settlements than its predecessors.Trump’s Mideast plan, unveiled in January, envisions leaving some 30% of the West Bank territory under permanent Israeli control while giving the Palestinians expanded autonomy in the rest of the area. The Palestinians have rejected the plan, saying it is unfairly biased toward Israel.
“Everybody knows that if there is anyone who could really stop Netanyahu from annexation ... it’s the Trump administration,” he said. “We hope that the Trump administration will give clear instructions to Netanyahu not to go ahead with annexation, and to open up the opportunity for potential resumption of negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis.”Senior Palestinian officials gathered Wednesday in the Jordan Valley. The prime minister appealed to the international community and U.S.
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