{"id":1464,"date":"2014-03-23T11:06:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T11:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2014-03-23T11:06:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-23T11:06:15","slug":"arab-league-to-reject-israel-as-jewish-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/arab-league-to-reject-israel-as-jewish-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab League to reject Israel as Jewish state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Arab-League.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1465\" alt=\"Arab League\" src=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Arab-League-300x165.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>Thirteen heads of state have so far confirmed their attendance at the two-day Arab summit which commences on Tuesday, with Arab foreign ministers set to hold a preparatory meeting on Sunday to finalize the summit\u2019s agenda.<br \/>\nThis is the first Arab summit to be hosted by Kuwait since it joined the Arab League on June 20, 1961, and comes at a critical time.<br \/>\nThe summit\u2019s agenda is expected to include talks on the ongoing Syrian conflict, the Palestinian\u2013Israeli peace process, and diplomatic tensions between Arab states.<br \/>\nKuwaiti Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah told Asharq Al-Awsat that the summit will seek to find solutions to a number of ongoing issues. \u201cWisdom always prevails among Arab leaders during difficult times &#8230; Kuwait always plays the role of calming (tensions) and supporting cooperation and joint (Arab) interests.\u201d<br \/>\nTop diplomats will be discussing draft resolutions on the Palestinian cause, the Arab-Israeli conflict and activating the Arab peace initiative, since US Secretary of State John Kerry said the Israelis and Palestinians could not reach an agreement by next month.<br \/>\n\u201cThey will reject recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, which, if happens, would undermine the right of the Palestinian people to return to their lands and the compensation of Palestinian refugees,\u201d said KUNA in a statement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/arab-league-to-reject-israel-as-jewish-state\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirteen heads of state have so far confirmed their attendance at the two-day Arab summit which commences on Tuesday, with Arab foreign ministers set to hold a preparatory meeting on Sunday to finalize the summit\u2019s agenda. 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