The Arab League said Thursday Israel's controversial proposal to annex much of the West Bank constituted a "new war crime" against the
Palestinians, during a virtual conference chaired in Cairo.
"The implementation of plans to annex any part of the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967, including the Jordan Valley... and the lands on which
Israeli settlements are standing represents a new war crime... against the Palestinian people," Arab foreign ministers said in a joint statement.
The Arab League also urged the
United States to "withdraw its support in enabling the plans of the occupying Israeli government".