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Arab ministers to meet after Jerusalem clashes

CAIRO - Arab League foreign ministers will meet in Cairo early next month to discuss clashes involving Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, a senior Palestinian official said on Monday.

 

Sunday's incident saw Israeli police enter the mosque, one of Islam's holiest sites, as they clashed with Palestinians angered by Jews' access to the compound on Tisha B'Av, an annual day of Jewish mourning.

 

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat told reporters that foreign ministers from 15 Arab states will meet on August 5 to discuss what he called the "dangerous development" in Jerusalem.

 

They will discuss "Israeli escalations at Al-Aqsa mosque, continuing settlements, extra-judicial arrests and assassinations and forced displacements" of Palestinians, he said after meeting the league's chief Nabil Al-Arabi at its Cairo headquarters.

 


פרסום ראשון: 07.27.15, 19:41