Israel’s actions on West Bank threaten regional turmoil, warn Arab leaders

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and King Abdullah II of Jordan, leave a conference to support Jerusalem at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Dozens of leaders and senior officials from Arab and Islamic countries warned on Sunday that Israeli actions in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank could worsen regional turmoil, as violence surges between Israel and the Palestinians.

The meeting in Cairo on Sunday was hosted by the Arab League and attended by President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt, Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas along with many foreign ministers and senior officials.