Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hosted on Tuesday Jordanian King Abdullah II and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a tripartite summit in Cairo to discuss the Palestinian issue. The summit was held in wake of recent developments in the occupied Palestinian territories and the regional and international situations related to it, according to a statement released by the Egyptian presidency. The leaders emphasized the need to preserve the legitimate Palestinian rights and the continuation of their joint efforts to achieve comprehensive, just and permanent peace based on the two-state solution. They called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state according to the 1967 borders and East Jerusalem as its capital in line with international law, relevant international resolutions and the Arab Peace initiative. Sisi and King Abdullah stressed their full support for the efforts of Abbas amid mounting regional and international challenges. The leaders stressed the need for the international community to provide protection for the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights, as well as consolidating efforts to find a real political approach that would re-launch serious and effective negotiations to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict according to the two-state solution. They warned of the danger of the continued lack of a political approach and ensuing repercussions on security and stability. They underlined the need to halt illegal unilateral Israeli measures that undermine the two-state solution, such as settlement expansion, confiscation of Palestinian lands, demolition of homes, the continuous raids in Palestinian cities and the violation of the historical and legal status in Jerusalem and its sanctities. They stressed the need to preserve the historical and legal status in Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian sanctities.