CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers have urged the international community the UN court’s advisory opinion declaring Israel’s settlement policy in the West Bank and east Jerusalem violative of international law. At the conclusion of the Arab League meeting in Cairo, the Arab foreign ministers also called for Israel to end its illegal presence as soon as possible and to immediately cease all settlement activities, state news agency SPA reported. They called on the United Nations, particularly the General Assembly and the Security Council, to consider additional measures necessary to put an end to Israel’s illegal occupation as soon as possible. The Arab foreign ministers also urged the International Court of Justice to expedite its judgment on the case brought by South Africa against Israel, accusing it of failing to fulfill its obligations under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The minister emphasized that Israel’s expulsion of the Palestinian people from their land constitutes a serious violation of international humanitarian law, amounts to a declaration of war and aggression against Arab national security, undermines peace prospects, and exacerbates the conflict in the region. The Arab group in New York was also tasked to take steps to suspend Israel’s participation in the United Nations General Assembly because of its “non-compliance with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, its threat to international peace and security, and its failure to fulfill its obligations that were a condition for its admission to the United Nations.” They also reiterated their rejection of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims to justify his refusal to withdraw from the Philadelphi corridor, as these claims were obstructing efforts for a ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners and hostages.