The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, stressed that Palestine is an Arab issue and will remain so until the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Anwar Gargash, called for an Arab and Islamic stand united against Israeli violations in Al-Quds Al-Sharif .

Aboul Gheit said during the opening session of the Council of Arab Ministers of Information at the 50th Ordinary Session held in Cairo yesterday that the media is an important key to changing the Arab reality. He called on the Arab media to cut off and manipulate the Palestinian cause. For purposes that serve only the interests of certain parties, not including the Palestinians or the Arabs.

Abul-Gheit called for the consolidation of citizenship and the promotion of belonging, without distinction or discrimination based on religion, sect or race, saying that "the Arab media may be part of Arab crises and may be the way to solve them."

"The choice is in our hands, sectarian and inflammatory media and promoters of violence and hatred is part of our crisis without a doubt. On the other hand, the enlightenment media, which seeks to gather points of knowledge and facts and calls for a culture of compromise and national reconciliation, And head out of our crisis ».

He stressed the need to support the plan of Arab media move abroad, saying: «We are still unable, to today, to talk to the other voice convinces, and a language close to his mind and consciousness, and a message capable of access to his conscience».

For his part, Saudi Information Minister Turki bin Abdullah Al-Shabana stressed the importance of the role of the Arab media in uncovering the identity of the supporters of terrorism and its means of financing and saving innocent lives through a plan of awareness programs on this destructive phenomenon.

In the same context, Dr. Anwar Gargash, during his participation in the extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, on the Israeli violations in the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, which began its work yesterday in Jeddah to discuss the Israeli aggressions in the occupied territories, Necessary, let us build on the common and strengthen it in a difficult and sensitive period ».

At the same meeting, OIC Secretary-General Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen said that Israeli practices in the occupied territories, which threaten international peace and security, must be exposed.

Al-Othaimeen stressed that the political action needs support on the ground in the occupied city of Jerusalem and the need to support it with development programs and plans.

The Saudi Foreign Minister, Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, said in his speech that the Palestinian issue is at the forefront of the Kingdom's interests.

He stressed that we must address the violations practiced by the Israeli occupation in the city of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Al-Assaf indicated that $ 50 million had been provided to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

In turn, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said that the city of Jerusalem is now facing the biggest attack since the beginning of the Israeli occupation.

He called in his speech to stop Israel's destructive policies, pointing out that his country appealed to the US administration to stop supporting violations of the occupation.

He stressed that a solution to the conflict with Israel must be reached to spare the region further decades of conflict.

The meeting will discuss Israeli threats against Jerusalemites in Wadi Al-Homs, Deir Al-Amud and Al-Mentar in the town of Sur Bahir, southeast of Jerusalem.

He also discussed the participation of US officials in the opening of the illegal tunnel under the town of Silwan, south of the Aqsa Mosque, which comes as part of attempts to change the religious and historical character of the city.

In Ramallah, the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) accused Israel yesterday of practicing a "policy of ethnic cleansing" against the Palestinians, especially in Jerusalem and its environs.

In a statement issued after a meeting chaired by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, the committee warned of Israel's exposure to residential buildings in Wadi al-Homs neighborhood in Jerusalem after the Israeli Supreme Court approved a decision to demolish 16 residential buildings containing 100 apartments.

For his part, President Abbas said that there are a number of issues that require urgent dialogue with the Lebanese brothers, stressing their solution through dialogue and negotiations and rejection of escalation.

This came at the beginning of the meeting, in response to the launch by the Lebanese Ministry of Labor of the "Plan to Combat Illegal Foreign Workers", which was rejected by Palestinian refugees.

Abbas explained that the member of the Executive Committee, Azzam al-Ahmad, will be sent to follow up these issues with the Lebanese brothers. We affirm our rejection of all forms of escalation, because "the most important is solving problems, not complicating them."

• The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Youssef Al-Othaimeen, called for exposing Israeli practices in the occupied territories, which threaten international peace and security.