Speaking at the opening session of an Arab ministerial meeting in Amman on illegal Israeli policies in occupied Jerusalem, FM Abdelatty urged Israel to fulfil its obligations under the Gaza ceasefire agreement, halt its attacks on the strip, and engage with the proposed peace roadmap.
“The region stands at a crossroads between advancing towards peace and resolving the conflict or sliding into a cycle of violence and instability,” Abdelatty said.
He reviewed Egypt’s efforts to end the Israeli genocidal war in Gaza and support the implementation of US President Donald Trump’s comprehensive peace plan.
Abdelatty also highlighted what he described as tangible progress towards a Palestinian national consensus on restricting arms, in conjunction with Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza.
He reiterated Egypt’s “categorical rejection” of any attempt to displace Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, under any pretext.
“Egypt also completely rejects any unilateral measures in the West Bank aimed at annexation,” he said.
The foreign minister called for intensified international efforts to halt the current deterioration and establish an independent Palestinian state along the 4 June 1967 borders, with territorial contiguity between the West Bank and Gaza.
Abdelatty warned that continued settlement expansion and settler violence threaten the unity of the Palestinian territories and undermine prospects for a two-state solution.
He said the meeting was taking place at an “extremely critical juncture” for the Palestinian cause, citing continuing violations of holy sites, attempts to alter Jerusalem’s historical and legal status quo, increasing incursions by extremists into Al-Aqsa Mosque, and restrictions on freedom of worship for Muslims and Christians.
“Egypt completely rejects all measures aimed at Judaizing occupied Jerusalem or altering its Arab, Islamic, and Christian character and identity,” he said.
Abdelatty also reaffirmed Egypt’s support for Jordan’s historic Hashemite custodianship of the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.
The meeting of the Arab Ministerial Committee tasked with mobilizing international action against illegal Israeli policies and measures in occupied Jerusalem was attended by Arab ministers as well as representatives from Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
The Amman meeting came less than two weeks after Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir led more than 1,300 settlers into Al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy Israeli police protection.
Egypt and seven other Arab and Islamic countries condemned the incursion, restrictions on Muslim worshippers, and the raising of the Israeli flag inside the compound as violations of international law and Jerusalem’s historical and legal status quo.
They reaffirmed Jordan’s Hashemite custodianship over the city’s Muslim and Christian holy sites.
The talks also coincided with renewed efforts to implement the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement reached in Sharm El-Sheikh in October 2025 through Egyptian, Qatari, Turkish, and US mediation.
The first phase covered a ceasefire, detainee exchanges, increased humanitarian aid, and an Israeli withdrawal to the so-called Yellow Line, but implementation has been hindered by continuing Israeli attacks and its refusal to withdraw further from the strip.
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