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| Arab League Warns of Jerusalem 'Red Line' | |
| 2014-11-04 | |
| [AnNahar] The Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... warned Sunday that Israel has reached a "red line" after fresh festivities in Jerusalem, urging international pressure to stop what it branded "violations" in the holy city. Clashes around the flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque compound -- the third holiest site in Islam and Judaism's holiest -- prompted Israel on Thursday to close the site for a day. Al-Aqsa and adjacent neighbourhoods have seen months of violence, with the mosque compound a rallying point for Paleostinian resistance to perceived Jewish attempts to take control of it. "Israel has reached a red line," Arab League deputy chief Ahmed Ben Hilli said after an assembly of the 22-member bloc's delegates. He called on Arabs and the international community "to put a stop to these practices by the Israeli occupation authorities in Jerusalem." "Touching Jerusalem will lead to results with untold consequences," he added. On Sunday, Israeli far-right politician Moshe Feiglin visited the compound in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, pressing for Jews to be allowed to pray there despite the heightened tensions over its status. He was met with protests from Moslems crying " The United States on Thursday urged all sides in Jerusalem to exercise restraint in the holy city, and said it was working with Israelis, Paleostinians and Jordanians to try to restore calm. The Paleostinians want east Jerusalem, including al-Aqsa, as the capital of their future state. Israel considers east Jerusalem, conquered in 1967, to be part of its "eternal" capital.
[AnNahar] Jordan's King Abdullah II vowed on Sunday to oppose any Israeli attempt to change the status of Moslem or Christian holy sites in Jerusalem. "Jordan will continue to confront, through all available means, Israeli unilateral policies and measures in Jerusalem and preserve its Moslem and Christian holy sites, until peace is restored to the land of peace," the king said in a speech. Jordan, which administered east Jerusalem and the West Bank before Israel seized the Paleostinian territories in the 1967 Middle East war, has responsibility for holy sites in the Israeli-annexed eastern sector. Jordan's status as custodian is enshrined in its 1994 peace treaty with the Jewish state. The al-Aqsa mosque compound in east Jerusalem's Old City has been a rallying point for Paleostinian resistance to perceived Jewish attempts to take control of it, sparking festivities between demonstrators and Israeli police for the past several months. The site is holy to Moslems and Jews alike. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Ah yes Jordan, ever first in the heart of the Profit last in the Arab League. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-11-04 14:07 |