CAIRO: Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy warned on Friday that Israel’s attempts to impose a new regional reality through military force would fail to bring security in the Middle East, but rather expand conflict and destabilise the region.
Fahmy criticised an Israeli strategy of using military power and expanding territorial control, arguing that continued attacks in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria were threatening regional security, according to an official statement published on X.
Expanding the use of force and violating the sovereignty of Arab states would neither provide Israel with lasting security nor bring stability, Fahmy warned.
Israel urged to respect Arab states’ sovereignty
The Arab League chief called for respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Arab states and an end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Syria, as well as the occupation of Arab territories.
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His remarks come amid heightened regional tensions and growing Arab opposition to Israeli actions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Earlier this week, Arab and Muslim foreign ministers meeting in Amman condemned the Israeli escalation in occupied East Jerusalem and announced joint international action aimed at preventing changes to the historical and legal status of the city’s Islamic and Christian holy sites.
Israeli actions in occupied Jerusalem could ignite religious conflict
The ministers warned that Israeli actions in occupied Jerusalem could ignite a religious conflict extending beyond the region and called on the UN Security Council and international community to intervene. They also condemned settlement expansion, land annexation and escalating settler violence in the occupied West Bank.
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Fahmy, who took over as Arab League secretary-general on July 1, has made the Palestinian issue a central focus of his first weeks in office. In July, he highlighted the organisation’s opposition to Israeli measures that could undermine a two-state solution and pledged continued Arab League support for Palestinian rights.
Adherence to international law
He said lasting regional security ultimately depended on adherence to international law and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
He said a comprehensive and lasting settlement can only be achieved through a political solution grounded in international legitimacy, rather than through military force or territorial expansion.
