Arab League

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In wake of Israeli diplomatic gains, PA pushes for Arab League emergency meeting
The Tower28.11.2018
Rumored ties between Israel, and both Bahrain and Sudan, are viewed by the Palestinian Authority as normalization, which it opposes as long as there is no Palestinian state.
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 27, 2018. Photo: Alaa Badarneh/A.P.
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Arab Knesset members meet with Arab League to discuss law defining Israel as Jewish
12.09.2018
Amid talks, the group called the new Israeli law “racist.” Knesset members Ahmed Tibi and Jamal Zahalka reported that Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit called it an “apartheid law.”
Joint Party Knesset members Jamal Zahalka (center) and Ahmad Tibi (right) attend a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament on Dec. 5, 2016. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
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Arab League severs ties with Guatemala over embassy move to Jerusalem
24.05.2018
The Arab League lashed out at Guatemala on Wednesday, saying it will no longer engage in relations with the country because of the decision to move its Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales in Jerusalem, Nov. 29, 2016, on the 69th anniversary of Guatemala’s key role in the diplomatic events that laid the foundation for the state of Israel’s creation. Credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash90.
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Arab League formulating plan to thwart Israel’s bid for UN Security Council seat
22.01.2018
An Arab League committee is purportedly drafting a plan to thwart Israel’s bid to join the United Nations Security Council in the 2019-2020 term.
The Arab League flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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