CAIRO: Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy on Thursday condemned what he described as a dangerous Israeli escalation in the occupied Palestinian territories and Lebanon, warning that continued violence could push the region into a wider confrontation.
In an official statement, Fahmy said that the West Bank and Jerusalem had witnessed raids, arrests and home demolitions, alongside escalating settler violence against Palestinians and their property.
He also pointed to near-daily incursions by settler groups into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under Israeli police protection, as well as restrictions imposed on Muslim worshippers seeking access to the site.
Fahmy said that the measures formed part of what he described as a systematic effort to impose a new reality that undermined the historical and legal status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
He also cited the establishment of a settler outpost near Palestinian homes in Qusra, south of Nablus, where he said families had been trapped inside their homes.
