Abbas urges world support for Palestinians
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas accused Israel of having "crossed all red lines" in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, and urged world leaders to put an end to its actions.
The international community must "protect" the Palestinian people and "put a stop to Israeli aggression... and unilateral actions", the head of the Palestinian Authority told an Arab League meeting in Cairo.
"Israeli intransigence and practices have crossed all red lines", he said at the gathering attended by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has seen at least 43 Palestinians -- including attackers, militants and civilians -- killed this year.
Nine Israeli civilians including three children, and one Ukrainian have been killed over the same period.
Sisi -- whose country retains its traditional role as a Middle East mediator – vowed to "continue to work with the two sides of the conflict to revive the political process and restore calm in the West Bank and Gaza".
Abdullah, whose country acts as custodian of Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, said Arab leaders "must galvanise efforts to support the resilience of our brothers" in the Palestinian territories.
The Arab League is itself split on relations with Israel since 2020 when the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco normalised ties with the Jewish state under the US-brokered Abraham Accords, years after Egypt and Jordan had forged relations.
