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Arab League Secretary-General Warns Israel Against Forcefully Displacing Palestinians 

Buildings lie in ruin in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, as seen from Israel, February 13, 2024. (Reuters)
Buildings lie in ruin in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, as seen from Israel, February 13, 2024. (Reuters)
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Arab League Secretary-General Warns Israel Against Forcefully Displacing Palestinians 

Buildings lie in ruin in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, as seen from Israel, February 13, 2024. (Reuters)
Buildings lie in ruin in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, as seen from Israel, February 13, 2024. (Reuters)

The secretary-general of the Arab League has warned on Tuesday Israel against policies he described as forcefully displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Ahmed Aboul Gheit decried what he called an “Israeli mentality” to try and seize land the Palestinians want for their future state.

He warned any seizure of the Gaza Strip or the West Bank by Israel would mean “a confrontation for the next thousand years.”

“The United States must order Israel to stop these policies or otherwise the Middle East will explode in an unprecedented way,” he said at the World Government Summit in Dubai.

He also called on Israel to “empty the settlements” in Palestinian land as well.

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France Declines to Comment on Algeria’s Anger over Recognition of Morocco’s Claim over Sahara

French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
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France Declines to Comment on Algeria’s Anger over Recognition of Morocco’s Claim over Sahara

French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)

Paris declined to comment on Algeria’s “strong condemnation” of the French government’s decision to recognize Morocco’s claim over the Sahara.

The office of the French Foreign Ministry refused to respond to an AFP request for a comment on the Algeria’s stance.

It did say that further comments could impact the trip Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is set to make to France in late September or early October.

The visit has been postponed on numerous occasions over disagreements between the two countries.

France had explicitly expressed its constant and clear support for the autonomy rule proposal over the Sahara during Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne’s visit to Morocco in February, reported AFP.

The position has helped improve ties between Rabat and Paris.

On Thursday, the Algerian Foreign Ministry expressed “great regret and strong denunciation" about the French government's decision to recognize an autonomy plan for the Western Sahara region "within Moroccan sovereignty”.

Algeria was informed of the decision by France in recent days, an Algerian foreign ministry statement added.

The ministry also said Algeria would draw all the consequences from the decision and hold the French government alone completely responsible.