Arab League calls on UN to end Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories

The Arab League has called on the UN Security Council to force Israel to end its occupation and withdraw all of its forces from the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories.

In a statement released on Monday, the General Secretariat of the organization said that the 15-member council should assume its responsibilities and implement its decisions against the Tel Aviv regime's violations. 

The statement was issued on Naksa Day, or the Day of Setback, which is commemorated by Palestinians on June 5 every year, marking the displacement of the Palestinian people following the 1967 war with Israel.

"Despite the passage of more than five decades since the Naksa and the long record of the occupation crimes and violations, this will not change the fact that these Palestinian and Arab lands seized by Israel since 1967 are occupied lands in accordance with international law," the statement read.

More than seven decades down the road, millions of Palestinian refugees  are still scattered across refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and Palestine’s neighboring countries, it noted.

It further said that the anniversary of the Naksa this year coincides with a dangerous Israeli escalation, an aggravated aggression and countless raids across occupied al-Quds.

The Israeli regime occupied the West Bank, including the western part of the holy city of al-Quds, in 1967. It later annexed East al-Quds, which Palestinians want as the capital of their future state.

Also in 1948, eighty-five percent of the Palestinian people were forcibly displaced from their homeland and over 500 villages were destroyed in order to establish the Israeli regime.  Over five million Palestinian refugees are currently estimated to be still displaced.

According to international law, refugees have the right to return to their homes of origin, receive real property restitution, and compensation for losses.

Israeli actions threaten to ignite 'religious war' in region: Arab League

The Arab League warns about the consequences of the Israeli regime

Elsewhere, the Arab League also said that Israeli forces were enabling extremist settlers to carry out their attacks at the holy al-Aqsa Mosque compound and desecrate Islamic and Christian sanctities across the holy city.

The Arab League earlier warned that constant Israeli violations and incursions at the holy site in the occupied Old City of al-Quds had been a flagrant affront to Muslim feelings that could trigger a wider conflict.

Israeli violations at al-Aqsa threaten regional, global peace, says Arab League

The Arab League says constant Israeli violations at the holy al-Aqsa Mosque compound threaten regional and global security.

Back in May last year, frequent acts of violence against Palestinian worshipers at al-Aqsa Mosque led to an 11-day war between Palestinian resistance groups in the besieged Gaza Strip and Israel, during which the occupying regime killed at least 260 Palestinians, including 66 children.

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