Palestinian&nbsp;foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki on Sunday criticised countries that moved to&nbsp;normalise&nbsp;relations with&nbsp;Israel&nbsp;last year, as violence escalates between the Palestinians and the Jewish state.

"Normalisation and running towards this colonial Israeli system without achieving peace and ending the Israeli occupation of Arab and&nbsp;Palestinian&nbsp;lands represents support for the apartheid regime and participation in its crimes," Maliki told an emergency meeting of foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

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"This colonial occupation must be confronted, dismantled, ended, and banned. The recently accelerated normalisation will not have an impact on the sentiments of the Arab world or change their assessment."

The deadly flare-up of violence between&nbsp;Israel&nbsp;and the Palestinians has embarrassed states which moved to&nbsp;normalise&nbsp;relations with the Jewish state, Sudan, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

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The OIC's emergency meeting was hosted by Saudi Arabia, which has not formally normalised&nbsp;ties&nbsp;with&nbsp;Israel&nbsp;but is known to maintain clandestine relations.

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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan called on the international community to take "urgent action" to halt the Israeli military operation and to revive peace talks aimed at securing a two-state solution.

"Preserving Jerusalem is the responsibility of all of us," he said.

The recent bloodshed, just as Muslims were celebrating the end of the holy month of Ramadan, has put&nbsp;Israel's new Arab partners on the back foot, prompting them to turn to critical rhetoric less than a year after they signed normalisation agreements.

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<div class="videoWrapper trancodeVideo">The so-called Abraham Accords swept away decades of consensus and were condemned as "treason" by&nbsp;Palestinian&nbsp;leaders who feared they undercut their demands for a homeland.</div>

They were struck at the urging of then US President Donald Trump, who hailed the "dawn of a new Middle East" as his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner dismissed the Israeli-Palestinian&nbsp;conflict as a mere "real estate dispute".

Reem&nbsp;Al Hashimy, the United Arab Emirates' minister of state for&nbsp;international&nbsp;cooperation, spoke at the meeting but did not address the criticism, only calling for a halt to the violence and not specifically blaming&nbsp;Israel&nbsp;for the troubles.

Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki on Sunday criticised countries that moved to normalise relations with Israel last year, as violence escalates between the Palestinians and the Jewish state.

Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki on Sunday criticised countries that moved to normalise relations with Israel last year, as violence escalates between the Palestinians and the Jewish state. "Normalisation and running towards this colonial Israeli system without achieving peace and ending the Israeli occupation of Arab and Palestinian lands represents support for the apartheid regime and participation in its crimes," Maliki told an emergency meeting of foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Also read | Media demands Israel to explain destruction of news offices "This colonial occupation must be confronted, dismantled, ended, and banned. The recently accelerated normalisation will not have an impact on the sentiments of the Arab world or change their assessment." The deadly flare-up of violence between Israel and the Palestinians has embarrassed states which moved to normalise relations with the Jewish state, Sudan, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. The OIC's emergency meeting was hosted by Saudi Arabia, which has not formally normalised ties with Israel but is known to maintain clandestine relations. Also read | Nearly 3,000 rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel, army claims Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan called on the international community to take "urgent action" to halt the Israeli military operation and to revive peace talks aimed at securing a two-state solution. "Preserving Jerusalem is the responsibility of all of us," he said. The recent bloodshed, just as Muslims were celebrating the end of the holy month of Ramadan, has put Israel's new Arab partners on the back foot, prompting them to turn to critical rhetoric less than a year after they signed normalisation agreements. The so-called Abraham Accords swept away decades of consensus and were condemned as "treason" by Palestinian leaders who feared they undercut their demands for a homeland. They were struck at the urging of then US President Donald Trump, who hailed the "dawn of a new Middle East" as his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner dismissed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a mere "real estate dispute". Reem Al Hashimy, the United Arab Emirates' minister of state for international cooperation, spoke at the meeting but did not address the criticism, only calling for a halt to the violence and not specifically blaming Israel for the troubles.

Palestinian FM criticises moves to 'normalise' Israel ties

Twenty-two&nbsp;Palestinians&nbsp;were wounded in overnight clashes with Israeli police in annexed east Jerusalem, the Red Crescent said Thursday, as tensions flare over a controversial land rights case.

Police confirmed 11 arrests in the latest unrest to rock the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood near Jerusalem's walled Old City, where land disputes between&nbsp;Palestinians&nbsp;and Jewish settlers have fuelled hostility for years.&nbsp;

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Palestinian protests, which began late Wednesday, continued into the early hours.

The legal case centres on the homes of four Palestinian families on land claimed by Jews.&nbsp;

Earlier this year, a Jerusalem district court ruled the homes legally belonged to the Jewish families, citing purchases decades ago.&nbsp;

The Jewish plaintiffs claimed their families lost the land during the war that accompanied Israel's creation in 1948, a conflict that also saw hundreds of thousands of&nbsp;Palestinians&nbsp;displaced from their homes.&nbsp;

The Palestinian families implicated in the case have provided evidence that their homes were acquired from Jordanian authorities who controlled East Jerusalem from 1948 to 1967.&nbsp;

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Amman has intervened in the case, providing documents to support the Palestinian claims.&nbsp;

Israel seized east Jerusalem in 1967 and later annexed it, in a move not recognised by most of the international community.&nbsp;

The district court ruling infuriated&nbsp;Palestinians&nbsp;in Sheikh Jarrah who viewed it as a further step in what they see as a Jewish settler effort to drive Arabs out of east Jerusalem.&nbsp;

Weeks of clashes that have seen police use skunk water cannons and deploy anti-riot police on horseback have resulted in several arrests.

'We reject this'

Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the sides to seek a compromise.&nbsp;

Sami Irshid, a lawyer for the&nbsp;Palestinians, said the Nahalat Shimon settler movement proposed that one member of each concerned Palestinian family be recognised as a "protected tenant."

That would temporarily delay eviction until the protected tenant died, at which point the home would return to Nahalat Shimon, Irshid said.&nbsp;

"We reject this completely," Mona al-Kurd, one of the Palestinian residents told AFP.

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"The settlers want us to recognise their property rights, it is impossible."

Yehonatan Yosef, an activist with Nahalat Shimon, accused the Palestinian families of rejecting "any compromise."

"It's their problem," he said, noting that if the Supreme Court ruled in the settlers' favour, the Jewish families would do what they wished with each plot.&nbsp;

The Supreme Court has indicated that if the sides cannot reach a compromise, it will rule on whether the&nbsp;Palestinians&nbsp;can appeal the district court decision.&nbsp;

An appeal process could take years.&nbsp;

Mohammed Deif, the reclusive leader of the military wing of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, issued a rare public warning on Tuesday, saying Israel would pay a "high price" over the Sheikh Jarrah dispute.&nbsp;

The&nbsp;Palestinians&nbsp;claim east Jerusalem as their future capital, while Israel regards the entire city as its "undivided capital."

Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki sent a letter to the International Criminal Court urging it "to take a clear and public stand against crimes perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood."&nbsp;

Twenty-two Palestinians were wounded in overnight clashes with Israeli police in annexed east Jerusalem, the Red Crescent said Thursday, as tensions flare over a controversial land rights case.

Twenty-two Palestinians were wounded in overnight clashes with Israeli police in annexed east Jerusalem, the Red Crescent said Thursday, as tensions flare over a controversial land rights case. Police confirmed 11 arrests in the latest unrest to rock the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood near Jerusalem's walled Old City, where land disputes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers have fuelled hostility for years. Also read | Clashes erupt in Jerusalem ahead of key court ruling on Palestinians' eviction Palestinian protests, which began late Wednesday, continued into the early hours. The legal case centres on the homes of four Palestinian families on land claimed by Jews. Earlier this year, a Jerusalem district court ruled the homes legally belonged to the Jewish families, citing purchases decades ago. The Jewish plaintiffs claimed their families lost the land during the war that accompanied Israel's creation in 1948, a conflict that also saw hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced from their homes. The Palestinian families implicated in the case have provided evidence that their homes were acquired from Jordanian authorities who controlled East Jerusalem from 1948 to 1967. Also read | Human Rights Watch says Israel committing 'crime of apartheid' against Palestinians Amman has intervened in the case, providing documents to support the Palestinian claims. Israel seized east Jerusalem in 1967 and later annexed it, in a move not recognised by most of the international community. The district court ruling infuriated Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah who viewed it as a further step in what they see as a Jewish settler effort to drive Arabs out of east Jerusalem. Weeks of clashes that have seen police use skunk water cannons and deploy anti-riot police on horseback have resulted in several arrests. 'We reject this' Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the sides to seek a compromise. Sami Irshid, a lawyer for the Palestinians, said the Nahalat Shimon settler movement proposed that one member of each concerned Palestinian family be recognised as a "protected tenant." That would temporarily delay eviction until the protected tenant died, at which point the home would return to Nahalat Shimon, Irshid said. "We reject this completely," Mona al-Kurd, one of the Palestinian residents told AFP. Also read | UAE urges Israel to stop Jerusalem violence in rare rebuke "The settlers want us to recognise their property rights, it is impossible." Yehonatan Yosef, an activist with Nahalat Shimon, accused the Palestinian families of rejecting "any compromise." "It's their problem," he said, noting that if the Supreme Court ruled in the settlers' favour, the Jewish families would do what they wished with each plot. The Supreme Court has indicated that if the sides cannot reach a compromise, it will rule on whether the Palestinians can appeal the district court decision. An appeal process could take years. Mohammed Deif, the reclusive leader of the military wing of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, issued a rare public warning on Tuesday, saying Israel would pay a "high price" over the Sheikh Jarrah dispute. The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as their future capital, while Israel regards the entire city as its "undivided capital." Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki sent a letter to the International Criminal Court urging it "to take a clear and public stand against crimes perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood."

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Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki was to arrive in The Netherlands later Monday ahead of talks with the chief prosecutor of the world's only permanent war crimes court.

Maliki will meet with prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Tuesday morning just over a week after 62 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as they protested the US decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to the disputed city of Jerusalem.

Maliki will update Bensouda on the situation in the Palestinian territories and also "submit a referral" on the issue of Jewish settlements during their talks at the International Criminal Court ICC), the Palestinian embassy in The Hague said in a statement.

Afterwards, Maliki will hold a press conference outside the court. He will also meet later Tuesday with Dutch counterpart Stef Blok.

Bensouda vowed last week that she was watching the unrest in Gaza closely and would "take any action warranted" to prosecute crimes.

"My staff is vigilantly following developments on the ground and recording any alleged crime that could fall within" the tribunal's jurisdiction, she warned in a statement to AFP.

"The violence must stop," she insisted, urging "all those concerned to refrain from further escalating this situation and the Israel Defence Forces to avoid excessive use of force."

The Palestinian Authority joined the ICC in January 2015 signing up to the Rome Statute which underpins the world's only permanent war crimes court.

The Palestinians asked the prosecutor to investigate alleged crimes committed in the Palestinian territories in the Gaza war the previous year, and Bensouda opened her inquiry just a few days later.

The preliminary examination which comes ahead of a full-blown investigation continues.

Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki was to arrive in The Netherlands later Monday ahead of talks with the chief prosecutor of the world's only permanent war crimes court

Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki was to arrive in The Netherlands later Monday ahead of talks with the chief prosecutor of the world's only permanent war crimes court. Maliki will meet with prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Tuesday morning just over a week after 62 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as they protested the US decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to the disputed city of Jerusalem. Maliki will update Bensouda on the situation in the Palestinian territories and also "submit a referral" on the issue of Jewish settlements during their talks at the International Criminal Court ICC), the Palestinian embassy in The Hague said in a statement. Afterwards, Maliki will hold a press conference outside the court. He will also meet later Tuesday with Dutch counterpart Stef Blok. Bensouda vowed last week that she was watching the unrest in Gaza closely and would "take any action warranted" to prosecute crimes. "My staff is vigilantly following developments on the ground and recording any alleged crime that could fall within" the tribunal's jurisdiction, she warned in a statement to AFP. "The violence must stop," she insisted, urging "all those concerned to refrain from further escalating this situation and the Israel Defence Forces to avoid excessive use of force." The Palestinian Authority joined the ICC in January 2015 signing up to the Rome Statute which underpins the world's only permanent war crimes court. The Palestinians asked the prosecutor to investigate alleged crimes committed in the Palestinian territories in the Gaza war the previous year, and Bensouda opened her inquiry just a few days later. The preliminary examination which comes ahead of a full-blown investigation continues.

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