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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

Arab League

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
May 31, 2025, 10:29 pm
Arab ministers condemn ‘arrogant’ Israeli decision to ban them from West Bank visit
FMs from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, other Arab states say Jerusalem’s refusal to allow landmark trip to Ramallah reflects government’s ‘disregard for international law’
By Jacob Magid and AFP
Arab leaders pose for a group photo ahead of the opening session of the 34th Arab League summit in Baghdad on May 17, 2025. (Hadi Mizban / POOL / AFP)
May 17, 2025, 6:00 pm
Leaders at Arab League summit push for Gaza ceasefire, pledge reconstruction money
PA’s Abbas calls on Hamas to give up power, hand over weapons; Egypt’s Sissi describes Israel’s actions as ‘systematic crimes’ aimed at ‘obliterating and annihilating’ Gazans
By Agencies and ToI Staff
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock gives a press statement on the support of Ukraine, at the Foreign Office in Berlin on March 1, 2025 (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
March 8, 2025, 6:50 pm
France, Germany, Italy and UK give support to Arab-backed plan for rebuilding Gaza
Foreign ministers say proposal rejected by US and Israel and that does not significantly address Hamas ‘shows a realistic path to the reconstruction of Gaza’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Workers fix a road in Gaza City in the central Gaza Strip on February 28, 2025, as the municipality prepares the city for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid an ongoing truce in the war between Israel and Hamas (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
March 6, 2025, 4:58 am
Several European nations say any Gaza plan ‘must have no role for Hamas’
French representative to UN adds that any proposal ‘must ensure Israel’s security and must not displace Palestinians,’ urges unity of Gaza Strip and West Bank under PA
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Women and children stand by the rubble of a collapsed building outside another building at the Shati camp for Palestinian refugees north of Gaza City on February 11, 2025 (BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
February 12, 2025, 1:51 pm
Senior Arab officials warn Trump’s Gaza plan would inflame Middle East
Arab League secretary general says scheme would have ‘damaging effect on peace and stability’; Gulf Cooperation Council chief urges ‘give and take’ with Arab world on issue
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Ministry of Media on November 10, 2024, shows Saudi Minister of Foreign Afairs Faisal bin Farhan (C) chairing the Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League, a day ahead of a joint extraordinary leaders summit in Riyadh. (SAUDI MEDIA MINISTRY / AFP)
November 11, 2024, 10:10 am
Trump looms over Saudi-hosted meeting of Arab, Muslim leaders on Mideast war
Analysts see Riyadh summit as opportunity for countries to signal what they want from incoming US president; condemnations of Israel, calls for de-escalation expected
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Participants attend the International Alliance to Implement the Two-State Solution meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 30, 2024. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
November 10, 2024, 4:04 pm
Arab, Muslim leaders touch down in Riyadh for talks on war in Gaza and Lebanon
Saudi-state media says gathering of Arab League and Organization of Islamic Cooperation heads to focus on Israeli ‘aggression’
By AFP and ToI Staff
From left to right: Syria's President Bashar Assad, Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi as they follow Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Front R) and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi (Back R) during an emergency summit of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Riyadh, November 11, 2023. (Handout / Iranian Presidency / AFP)
November 11, 2023, 6:04 pm
Muslim leaders blast Israeli ‘crimes’; Iran: Solution is Palestine from river to sea
But outcome of summit also highlights regional divisions over response to war, with some nations vetoing a far harsher stance including a call to sever all Israel ties
By ToI Staff and AFP
Iran's President Raisi arrives in Riyadh for a summit on Gaza, November 11, 2023. (Screen grab Al Ekhbaria/AFP used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 11, 2023, 12:54 pm
Wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh, Iran’s Raisi arrives in Saudi Arabia for Gaza summit
Iranian president blames US for ‘expanding the scope of the war’ in comments ahead of his first trip to Riyadh since countries restored ties
By AFP and ToI Staff
Supporters of Palestinian terror group Hamas chant slogans during a protest in support of Gaza in Nablus, in the West Bank on October 18, 2023. (Thomas COEX / AFP)
October 18, 2023, 4:02 pm
Hamas urges attacks on Israelis; Arab world ignores Israeli claims on hospital blast
Even countries allied with Jewish state accuse it of ‘massacre,’ despite IDF airing extensive evidence that errant Palestinian rocket fire hit Al-Ahli’s parking lot
By AFP and ToI Staff
Foreign ministers attend an Arab League extraordinary meeting in Cairo on October 11, 2023. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
October 12, 2023, 5:59 am
Arab League demands Israel undo ‘unjust decision’ to cut electricity from Gaza
Meeting in Cairo, foreign ministers call for ‘immediate’ dispatch of food, fuel and humanitarian aid to Strip
By AFP and ToI Staff
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, and EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell at an event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly aimed at reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process on September 18, 2023. (Egypt Foreign Ministry/ Twitter)
September 18, 2023, 10:23 pm
‘100% carrots’: Arab states, EU unveil plan to entice Israel, PA to sign peace deal
Initiative’s European architect highlights effort to show parties what will be available to them if they reach a deal; Arab participants use event to blast Israeli policies
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during the state funeral of late president Shimon Peres, held at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
September 18, 2023, 8:55 am
Saudi-backed EU venture aims to incentivize Israeli-Palestinian peace
Ministerial gathering on UNGA sidelines will see European, Arab, global actors form working groups to develop perks that conflict parties will be able to enjoy if they make a deal
By Jacob Magid
FILE - Syrian President Bashar Assad is pictured during the Arab League summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. (Saudi Press Agency (SPA) via AP)
June 4, 2023, 11:23 pm
Syrian opposition figures call for fresh talks with Assad regime
Move comes less than a month after regional leaders welcomed Bashar Assad back to the Arab League following decade of diplomatic isolation
By AFP
In this photo provided by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, is greeted by Prince Badr Bin Sultan, deputy governor of Mecca, upon his arrival at Jeddah airport, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023, to attend the Arab summit. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
May 22, 2023, 10:37 am
Russia says Zelensky heads ‘Nazi regime’ with ‘blood ties to Israel’
Moscow’s embassy in Egypt posts tweet in response to Ukrainian president’s visit to Arab League summit, later deletes and reposts it without Israel reference
By Michael Horovitz
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