"Arab leaders are reportedly calling for the Arab League to recognize fighting against Israel as legitimate and not a form of terror at the group's annual summit in Jordan this week.
In preparatory meetings Monday ahead of the confab, which kicks off in Jordan on Wednesday, foreign ministers from the 22-member organization called for a distinction to be noted between 'terrorism and legitimate resistance against the Israeli occupation,' according to a report in Arabic daily al-Hayat.
The report did not specify what was meant by 'resistance' or if the Israeli occupation referred only to areas beyond the 1967 armistice line or all of Israel...
The foreign ministers also praised the election of Hezbollah ally Michel Aoun as Lebanon's new president, saying he would help stabilize and unify his country. Last month, Aoun told Egyptian TV that Hezbollah was required to counter the Jewish state 'as long as the Lebanese army is not strong enough to battle Israel.'...
The council also condemned the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the UK's 'shameful' Balfour Declaration,...
Key participants include King Salman of Saudi Arabia, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Staffan de Mistura, the UN and Arab League envoy for Syria, are coming, along with US and Russian envoys..."
March 28, 2017
Arab League to push distinction between terror, 'resisting' Israel at summit with UN Secretary-General in attendance
The Palestinian delegation (L) and the delegations of Oman (C) and Iraq (R) attending the preparatory meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers on March 27, 2017 during the 28th Summit of the Arab League at the Dead Sea, south of the Jordanian capital Amman
Date
March 28, 2017
Title
Arab ministers said to push distinction between terror, ‘resisting’ Israel, Times of Israel
Author(s)
Jacob Magid
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