Arab League: Israeli escalation threatens to engulf region

At the end of an emergency session in Cairo, the Arab League foreign ministers Thursday issued a statement placing the entire blame on Israel for the violent Palestinian eruption on and over Temple Mount and related acts of terrorism. “Israel’s escalation will have dangerous repercussions for the future of peace and threatens to engulf the entire region in a religious confrontation” said the statement. The Arab League further warned that without a solution for the root causes of the crisis, the situation may blow up at any moment.