Arab League

May 18, 2018, 3:13 pm

PA calls on Arab states to recall ambassadors over US embassy Jerusalem move

Riyad al-Malki tells Arab League to reprimand American envoys, reminds delegates of agreement to sever ties with countries that recognize capital

By TOI staff

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (C) and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) attend the Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo on May 17, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)

May 17, 2018, 9:29 pm

Arab League demands probe into Israeli ‘crimes’ on Gaza border

Organization's head accuses Israel of 'blatant aggression' during riots, as Hamas threatens it can respond 'with all force'

By Agencies and TOI staff

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends the Arab Foreign Minister's meeting in Cairo on July 27, 2017. (AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki)

May 17, 2018, 2:11 pm

Arab League chief calls for international probe of Gaza violence

At meeting Arab foreign ministers in Cairo, Ahmed Abul Gheit demands 'credible investigation into the crimes committed by the occupation'

By TOI staff

Embassy staff prepare the stage ahead of the inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Menahem KAHANA)

May 14, 2018, 2:56 pm

Arab League to discuss ‘illegal’ US embassy move to Jerusalem

Cairo-based forum to meet Wednesday 'at the request of the state of Palestine' to focus on 'ways of countering' Washington's decision

By AFP and TOI staff

Ruth Wisse in conversation with David Myers at the Center for Jewish History, April 26, 2018. (Lauren Silberman)

May 1, 2018, 3:09 pm

Harvard prof who escaped Europe on eve of WWII dissects world’s oldest hatred

Speaking in NY, 82-year-old Ruth Wisse shares why anti-Semitism isn't the Jews' fault, but how self-rule has made them even more of a target

By Cathryn J. Prince

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz attends the 29th Summit of the Arab League at the Ithra center in Dhahran, Eastern Saudi Arabia, on April 15, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / STR)

April 17, 2018, 9:22 am

Arab ire at US Jerusalem move looks unlikely to spark action

Saudi Arabia and Gulf states seem unwilling to jeopardize ties with Trump as they seek to counter Iranian threat to region

By Mohamad Ali Harissi

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, left, greets Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir after a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Europa building in Brussels on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. European Union foreign ministers met in Brussels on Monday to debate ways to revive Middle East peace efforts and discuss the crisis in Venezuela. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

April 16, 2018, 11:40 am

EU warns viability of Palestine is being ‘constantly eroded’

In Saudi Arabia, foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says Europeans and Arabs share 'particular interest in preserving the unique status of our common Holy City, Jerusalem'

By Raphael Ahren

Reporters watch the speech of Saudi King Salman from a press room, during the opening of the Arab summit in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, April 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

April 15, 2018, 7:45 pm

Arab leaders meet to unify ranks with eye on Iran, Jerusalem

At Arab League summit, Mahmoud Abbas slams US decision to recognize Israel's capital and its withholding millions of dollars from UNRWA

By Aya Batrawy

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz at the 29th Summit of the Arab League at the Ithra center in Dhahran, Eastern Saudi Arabia, on April 15, 2018. (AFP/STR)

April 15, 2018, 4:47 pm

Saudi king slams Trump for transferring US embassy to Jerusalem

At opening of Arab League summit, Salman says East Jerusalem is an 'integral part' of the Palestinian territories, denounces Iran for 'blatant interference' in other countries

By AFP and TOI staff

(L to R) Oman's Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi, Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Sabah, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir attend the preparatory meeting ahead of the 28th Summit of the Arab League in Riyadh on April 12, 2018. (AFP/Fayez Nureldine)

April 13, 2018, 4:04 pm

Saudi Arabia aims to pressure rival Iran at Arab League summit

Also, Palestinians to seek support over Trump's recognition of Jerusalem and decision to move embassy

By Natacha Yazbeck

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas sits in front of a picture of the Dome of the Rock mosque in Jerusalem's Old City during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 19, 2018. (FLASH90)

April 8, 2018, 10:10 pm

PA won’t be responsible for Gaza if Hamas stays in charge, Abbas warns

'We must be given everything, all institutions and ministries, including security and weapons,' PA president says of any reconciliation deal with Strip's terrorist rulers

By Khaled Abu Toameh

April 4, 2018, 7:47 pm

Arab League wants ICC to probe IDF shootings of Gaza protesters

Ahmed Aboul Gheit says Palestinians are demanding their rights and 'will not be forgotten or diminished'

By AP and TOI staff

A Palestinian protester slings stones towards Israeli soldiers during clashes with Israeli troops along the Gaza Strip border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, March 30, 2018. (AP/Adel Hana)

March 30, 2018, 11:27 pm

UN calls emergency meeting on Gaza as Arab world slams Israel

Closed-door session of Security Council requested by Kuwait; Jordan, Egypt, Arab League and Turkey accuse Israel of using disproportionate force against rioters

By TOI staff and Agencies

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas attends a meeting with the Revolutionary Council of the ruling Fatah party on March 1, 2018, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

March 11, 2018, 5:44 pm

Abbas warns officials not to lash out at Arab countries

PA leader's statement comes after Palestinian sources are quoted accusing regional allies of colluding with Trump

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Arab League foreign ministers meet in Cairo on March 7, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)

March 8, 2018, 7:53 am

Arab FMs affirm Jerusalem as future Palestinian capital

Arab League endorses Abbas's peace plan and calls for international conference by mid-2018 to recognize two states based on 1967 lines

By Samy Magdy