Cairo, Sept. 5 -- An Arab ministerial committee here rejected "the Israeli measures to isolate Jerusalem," stressing that "Israel has no sovereignty over Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian holy sites".

The committee, in charge of international action to confront illegal Israeli policies and measures in Jerusalem, issued a joint statement on Thursday following its 10th meeting on the sidelines of the 164th regular meeting of the Council of the Arab League (AL), Xinhua news agency reported.

The committee, formed by the AL in 2021 and chaired by Jordan, includes Iraq, Palestine, Algeria, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and the AL Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit. In the statement, the committee condemned Isra...