Emergency Meeting of the Arab League to Discuss Escalating Settlement in the West Bank

The Arab League is preparing to hold an emergency meeting at the level of permanent delegates in an extraordinary session next Wednesday, in response to an official request submitted by the State of Palestine. This diplomatic move aims to study effective Arab and international actions to confront the series of aggressive decisions recently approved by the Israeli occupation government, which aim to seize more occupied Palestinian lands.

The agenda of the upcoming meeting focuses on addressing the systematic occupation policies aimed at consolidating the reality of annexation and colonial expansion in the West Bank. These policies include expanding settlements by seizing private and public lands, in addition to the escalation of home demolitions and Palestinian structures, leading to forced displacement of residents in flagrant violation of international laws and conventions.

The permanent delegates will also discuss the seriousness of the recent measures in the city of Hebron, which involve transferring municipal powers to the so-called 'Civil Administration' affiliated with the occupation army, in a step aimed at strengthening settlement control over the heart of the city. Diplomatic sources warned that these moves are accompanied by dangerous attempts to change the existing legal and historical status of the Ibrahimi Mosque (Cave of the Patriarchs), which threatens the identity of Islamic holy sites.

Through this emergency session, the attendees seek to formulate a unified and firm Arab position that places the international community and UN institutions before their legal and moral responsibilities to stop these null and void measures. The Palestinian leadership considers these practices to be a continuation of the comprehensive war of aggression waged by the occupation authorities against the Palestinian people, their land, and their holy sites, which requires immediate international action to provide international protection.

The meeting seeks to formulate a unified Arab position that places the international community before its responsibilities to stop the null and void Israeli measures.