Arab Bloc Says No Peace Without Palestinian State, Urges End To Israeli 'Hostile' Actions

Last Updated:September 06, 2025, 17:02 IST

The League warned the failure to solve Palestinian issue, along with Israel’s continued occupation of Arab land, blocks any hope of peaceful coexistence in the region

Palestinians wait and watch an explosion after Israel issued evacuation orders ahead of a military strike on the Mushtaha Tower (C) in Gaza City, on September 5, 2025. (AFP photo)

The Arab League has said that peace in the Middle East is impossible without the creation of a Palestinian state and an end to what it called Israel’s “hostile actions".

In a resolution led by Egypt and Saudi Arabia and adopted on Thursday, the League warned that the failure to solve the Palestinian issue, along with Israel’s continued occupation of Arab land, blocks any hope of peaceful coexistence in the region.

The resolution was approved during a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo, where they also endorsed a “Joint Vision for Security and Cooperation in the Region".

The meeting came as Israel stepped up its military campaign in Gaza City and just days after Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for annexing large parts of the West Bank to “bury the idea of a Palestinian state".

A copy of the resolution said peace, cooperation and coexistence in the Middle East will remain out of reach as long as Israel continues to occupy Arab territories or threatens to take more. The League also repeated its call for a two-state solution, based on the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, which promises full ties with Israel in exchange for a complete withdrawal from territories occupied in 1967, AFP reported.

While Egypt and Jordan already have peace treaties with Israel, and countries like the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco normalised ties in 2020 under the Abraham Accords, Saudi Arabia has frozen its own talks with Israel since the Gaza war began last year.

Voluntarily displacement of Palestinians claim 

Meanwhile earlier today, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty rejected Israeli claims that Palestinians are fleeing Gaza voluntarily, calling it “nonsense".

“If there is a manmade famine (in Gaza), it is to push residents out of their land. It is nonsense to say that this is voluntary displacement," Abdelatty said said during a joint press conference with UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini.

Abdelatty also said Egypt is working closely with US envoy Steve Witkoff to push for a ceasefire. He accused Israel of delaying progress, despite Hamas agreeing in August to a 60-day truce that would include a hostage exchange and prisoner release.

Though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later said he was ready to resume talks, he insisted that any agreement must be on terms acceptable to Israel.

(With inputs from agencies)

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