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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Mar 31, 2019, 02:48 PM Mar 2019

Arab summit expected to reject U.S. decision over Golan

TUNIS (Reuters) - Arab heads of state, long divided by regional rivalries, are expected to unite at a summit on Sunday to oppose a U.S. decision to recognize Israel's annexation of Arab lands captured in 1967.

Arab leaders are already grappling with unrest in Algeria and Sudan, international pressure over the war in Yemen, regional splits over Iran's influence in the Middle East and a bitter Gulf Arab dispute.

They face a new challenge after President Donald Trump signed a proclamation last week recognizing the Golan Heights as Israeli, less than four months after recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state.

Arab officials said the summit would be dominated by the Golan Heights and Palestinian demands for an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, areas also occupied by Israel in the 1967 war.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/arab-summit-expected-to-reject-us-decision-over-golan/ar-BBVryV2?li=BBnb7Kz

Guess Trumpy needs to lobby his handsome Sawdi Prince harder.

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