Arab League chief warns Israel against a war for the 'next thousand years'

Speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai, Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit warned that any seizure of the Gaza Strip or the West Bank by Israel would mean “a confrontation for the next thousand years”.

Gheit condemned the “Israeli mentality” of trying to seize land the Palestinians want for their future state.

“The United States must order Israel to stop these policies or otherwise the Middle East will explode in an unprecedented way,” he added.

He also called on Israel to “empty the settlements” on Palestinian land as well.