The Arab ministers condemn the “ban” of Israel to visit the West Bank planned Israeli conflict news

Israel refused to cooperate with the Ramallah meeting by Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Minister of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Foreign ministers from five Arab countries planned to visit The West Bank occupied The end of this week condemned the decision of Israel to ban their plans.

The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Saturday that Israel’s decision to ban the delegation’s visit to Ramallah (on Sunday) to meet the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas.

It was expected that the ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were expected to participate in the meeting alongside Turkish.

Israel said late on Friday that it would not allow the meeting of the Arab foreign ministers, who were to ask Israeli approval to travel to the occupied West Bank from Jordan because Israel controls the borders of the Palestinian territories and the air field.

The Israeli official said late on Friday.

“Israel will not cooperate with such movements that aim to harm and security.”

In a post on X, Hussein Al -Sheikh, Vice President of the PLO (PLO), said that Israel’s decision is “a dangerous escalation that reflects an arrogant, provocative and unprecedented behavior.”

“We are examining, along with our Arab brothers, how to respond to this decision,” wrote.

This Israeli move came before an international conference, the presidency of France and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to be held in New York on June 17-20 to discuss the issue of the Palestinian state.

Israel has been subjected to increasing pressure from the United Nations and European countries that prefer to dissolve a state of the Palestinian -Israeli conflict, according to which there is an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that recognition of a Palestinian state was not “a moral duty but rather a political necessity.”

Last week, Israeli forces opened fire Near a diplomatic convoy near the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, which led to an international protest. The convoy included diplomats from the European Union, the United Kingdom, Russia and China.

The Israeli army claimed that its soldiers fired “warning footage” after the group deviated from an agreed upon.

Israel also allowed expansion Illegal settlements In the occupied Palestinian territories, with the government’s announcement of plans to establish 22 new settlements, including legalizing a number of unauthorized settlement sites retrospectively.

This step has condemned Palestinian officials and global human rights groups.

The International Court of Justice announced last July that Israel’s long occupation of the Palestinian territories is illegal, and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Since the beginning of the Israeli war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, at least 972 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 were injured in attacks by the Israeli army and settlers across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. An estimated 1139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas -led attacks and took more than 200 prisoners.

Since then, at least 54,381 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip and wounded 124,054, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The government media office in the sector has updated the death toll to more than 61,700, saying that thousands of people lost under the rubble are supposed to have died.