AMMAN — The League of Arab States will organise an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss coordinated Arab and international action in response to recent Israeli decisions in the occupied West Bank.

 

The session was requested by the State of Palestine and it followed measures approved on Sunday by Israel’s ministerial security cabinet. The decisions include expanding settlement activity, tightening land control and introducing administrative changes in Hebron.

 

Palestinian officials say the steps could basically change the legal and geographic reality in the West Bank. They argue the measures advance occupation in practice, even without a formal declaration.

 

The emergency meeting comes amid growing regional concern.

 

Earlier this week, His Majesty King Abdullah met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The King stressed Jordan’s rejection of any Israeli decisions that violate Palestinian rights. He reaffirmed support for the two-state solution and for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 4 June 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

 

The foreign ministers of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt also issued a joint statement. They strongly condemned the Israeli decisions. They said the measures aim to impose unlawful sovereignty and entrench settlement expansion. They reaffirmed that Israel has no sovereignty over occupied Palestinian land.

 

They further condemned repeated Israeli violations of the ceasefire in Gaza, which they said resulted in the killing and injury of more than 1,000 Palestinians. They described the situation as a dangerous escalation that threatens regional stability.

 

The latest Israeli decisions have also drawn wider international attention. The European Union described the measures as “a step in the wrong direction”, warning that they undermine efforts to revive the political track. United Nations officials have repeatedly cautioned that unilateral actions altering the legal and demographic character of occupied territory violate international law and further erode prospects for a negotiated settlement.

 

Political analyst Amer Sabaileh said the measures reflect a gradual annexation process.

 

“These steps that Israel has taken over recent periods were practical measures of annexing the West Bank. From land seizures and changing designations to settlement expansion, infrastructure projects and road networks, all of this pointed to this stage. What we are seeing now is preparation to treat it as a fait accompli without formally announcing occupation. Once this point is reached, the two-state solution is effectively pushed aside.”

 

Military analyst Nidal Abu Zaid argues that the Arab response now shifts the confrontation to the diplomatic arena.

 

“The emergency session creates an opportunity to build broader regional and international opposition. There is rejection not only regionally, but also from the United States and Britain. This can be leveraged diplomatically.”

 

He warned that codifying geographic changes could later translate into demographic shifts and complicate any future political settlement