Summit spokesman Mahmoud Al-Khmeiry said Arab leaders would repeat an Arab call for peace with Israel in exchange for occupied Arab lands and would reject any initiative not in line with UN resolutions. Trump's aides have said his moves have drawn a less severe reaction privately from Arab states than experts had predicted. While opposition to Israel and its actions can unite the 22-member Arab League, Arab states remain divided over a range of other issues, including pro-democracy protests that have erupted in the region since 2011 and over Iran's Middle East influence. The Tunis summit will be the first time the rulers of Saudi Arabia and Qatar attend the same gathering since 2017 when Riyadh and its allies imposed a political and economic boycott on Doha. Syria has been suspended from the Arab League since 2011 over its crackdown on protesters at the start of the civil war.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 31, 2019 08:37 UTC