By NNN-KUNA
Cairo : The Arab League has warned against recognising Israel as a state for Jews considering the call by Israel an attempt to disrupt the upcoming US-sponsored Annapolis peace conference.
The comment was made by Arab League Assistant Secretary-General for Palestinian Affairs Muhammad Subeih in a press release Tuesday and in response to Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni’s latest comment on the issue.
He said the Israeli comments were greatly damaging for the rights of the Arab citizens, the true land owners and holder of the Israeli citizenship, Subeih said.
He said the Arabs would not accept that nor the Palestinian president. “No one has the authority to do that,” he said.
The Arab League official said the peace initiative committee will listen during its meeting next Thursday and Friday to the Palestinian delegation headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
From the point of view of the Palestinian negotiators, it appears that there are true obstacles, he said, adding that the outcome of meetings between Arab foreign ministers and the American side would be also heard.
For a successful Annapolis conference, it should be “serious annd attended by all parties concerned including Lebanon and Syria,” Subeih said, reiterating Arab’s point of view.
On Monday night, Livni said Israel is a Jewish state and that all those represented in the Israeli Keneset (parliament) should adhere to the basic principles on which such a state was established.
The Arab League official also noted that “so far what we see from the Israeli side are negative signs, in addition to the issue of settlements and Jerusalem as being the most dangerous issues which threatened the peace process.”
Livni was also quoted as saying “a future Palestinian state would serve as a national solution for Palestinians in the West Bank, in the Diaspora and those in Israel.”