In an urgent meeting held on Tuesday, the Arab League’s council urged the international community to commit to United Nations resolutions, which consider all Israeli measures and laws seeking to change the legal and historic status of Eastern Jerusalem to be invalid. Additionally, the council expressed its deepest concerns that the move from Trump will threaten stability in the Middle East and unleash a new wave of extremism and violence. Egypt’s permanent representation to the Arab League, Yasser al-Atawi, warned against taking unilateral moves that could negatively affect the path of settlement between Israelis and Palestinians. In his speech to the Arab League, he maintained that Egypt will continue efforts to establish an independent Palestinian state based on the Arab initiative peace. Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

Source: Egypt Independent December 06, 2017 10:30 UTC