CAIRO (Dispatches) – The Arab League has condemned in strongest terms the Zionist regime’s opening of a new tunnel running under a Palestinian village in East al-Quds during an archaeological event organized by a Zionist settler-linked group, the AL said in a statement on Monday.
AL Assistant Secretary General Saeed Abu Ali warned against "the repercussions of Israel's continued digging operations in the occupied al-Quds."
He added the regime’s settlement practices represent a flagrant violation of the international law.
The League’s statement stressed "rejection for any Israeli attempts to change the identity of the old city of the occupied al-Quds."
White House adviser Jason Greenblatt and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman attended the event marking the completion of an archaeological project in East al-Quds.
Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat slammed the participation of U.S. officials in the opening of the tunnel in neighborhood of Silwan.
Erekat said that the participation of senior U.S. officials, including White House Adviser and U.S. Ambassador to the occupied territories, at the tunnel inauguration ceremony is an "additional insult to international law."
"The truth is that they are settlers trying very hard to implement the settler council's plan of annexation," Erekat said.
"To all those who attended Manama conference, these settlers are destroying peace," he added.
A video of the ceremony showed that Friedman took up a hammer and broke open a tunnel that runs under the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan.
"We should show this to all participants in Manama," Erekat said, referring to the recent U.S.-led economic workshop in Bahrain's capital.
He urged all Arab leaders to condemn with the strongest terms towards the move of Greenblatt and Friedman.
In follow-up tweets, Erekat highlighted that over 64 weeks, the Zionist regime has killed 310 Palestinians, including 44 children.