ARAB LEADERS UNANIMOUSLY REAFFIRM GOLAN HEIGHTS BELONG TO SYRIA 
Arab leaders meeting in annual summit in Tunis tentatively set aside Sunday rivalries to condemn Donald Trump's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over part of the Golan Heights, taken from Syria in 1967 and then annexed by the state. Hebrew in 1981.
At the opening of the meeting, King Salman of Saudi Arabia told the other monarchs, presidents and heads of government of Arab League member countries gathered in the Tunisian capital that his country was rejecting "totally" any measure affecting sovereignty Syria on the Golan Heights.
Donald Trump on Monday acknowledged Israeli sovereignty over the Golan, less than four months after recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, a decision condemned in the Arab world and by the international community.
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi stressed that Arab leaders must make the international community understand the importance of the Palestinian cause for them.
Regional and international stability depend on "a fair and comprehensive agreement that takes into account the rights of the Palestinian people and lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital," said the Tunisian head of state.
Present in Tunis, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said any settlement of the Syrian conflict must guarantee the territorial integrity of Syria, "including on the occupied Golan Heights".
According to its spokesman Mahmoud Al Khmeiry, the Arab League should conclude its meeting by proposing again peace with Israel in exchange for occupied territories and rejecting any initiative that would not be in accordance with UN resolutions, probably referring to Peace plan announced for weeks by the United States and developed by Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
For the first time since the Gulf crisis of June 2017, the Emir of Qatar and the King of Saudi Arabia were present in the same meeting, but Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, Emir of Qatar, did not attend only at the inaugural session before leaving Tunisia.


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