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Arab League Condemns Israeli Violations at Al-Aqsa
CAIRO, February 10, 2007 (WAFA) - The Arab League Council strongly condemned on Saturday what Israeli forces of occupation are perpetrating of criminal and sabotaging actions against the holy mosque of al-Aqsa and surrounding that are threatening with its collapse.
In a statement at the end of an emergency meeting on Jerusalem, the council warned against consequences of the Israeli screaming aggression continuity on one of the most important Islamic holy sites in jerusalem as well going too far in violating all the international legitimacy resolutions relevant to Jerusalem and the military occupation.
"Causing damage to the holy Qudsi site is a hurt to Muslims faith," the statement said.
The council called the Arab group at the UN to file a memo to hold an urgent meeting of the UNSC calling it to held responsibilities as to stop these risky violations on al-Aqsa that impeach the Fourth Geneva Agreement in 1949 and its protocols.
The council underlined Arabism of jerusalem and illegality of the Israeli measures aimed at annexing it and changing its demographic feature rejecting the criminal Israeli aggression on al-Aqsa, Islamic and Christian holy sites there.
It stressed adherence on building the independent Palestinian state on all the occupied Palestinian territories until June 4th border line in 1967 with Jerusalem as the capital.
A.D (23:25P) (21:25 GMT)