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Arab League warns of religious conflict due to ‘clumsy’ Israeli policy

August 17, 2016 at 10:26 am

Israel’s “clumsy” policy in occupied East Jerusalem could cause an “uncontrollable religious conflict”, the Arab League warned yesterday.

Arab League Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs Ahmed bin Hilly said: “Clumsy Israeli policies in Jerusalem will lead to more tension and conflicts, as well as sow the seeds of an uncontrollable religious conflict.”

He added that Israel “puts the whole region on a volcanic crater which is almost exploding,” noting this would have “dangerous” consequences on the security and stability of the region and the whole world.

Bin Hilly accused the Israeli occupation authorities of “producing factious [religious] stories to justify its settlers’ desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

The senior Arab official said that the settlers’ raids of Al-Aqsa Mosque are “provocative”, warning that more “arbitrary” Israeli measures against Jerusalemites are “part of an Israeli plan aiming to reinforce settlements, change the demography and geography of the holy city and isolate it from its Palestinian sphere.”

He called on the international community, mainly the UN Security Council, to urgently put an end to Israel’s “flagrant aggression” and “systematic terrorism and crimes” against Palestinians.