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Mosques Higher Council: Israel foils all attempts for peace

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Mosques Higher Council in Saudi Arabia has condemned the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians, calling the UN to do its duty in putting an end to this aggression.

Concluding its three- day meetings in Mecca, and in a statement issued in Riyadh yesterday, the council stressed that "Israel foiled all the international community efforts to realize peace and stability in the region."

The council also stressed that Israel threatens all the Arab states with its nuclear arsenal, pointing out "the danger of these weapons to peace, security and stability in the world."

It called for "rejecting what is announced by Israel concerning considering the Palestinian lands it controls as Israeli lands not occupies Arab territories."

The council called the Islamic leaders to follow up the 7th Islamic Summit's decision concerning the call for the restoration of Jerusalem and the firm national Palestinian rights.

It demanded "launching a world media campaign to inform the world of the Palestinians ordeal and to expose the Israeli violations of the international laws."

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