RIYADH — Arab and Muslim leaders demanded on Monday that Israel withdraw from occupied Palestinian territories as a precondition for regional peace while denouncing "shocking" Israeli crimes in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
A summit in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh gave the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's 57 member-nations a chance to speak with one voice on turmoil engulfing the region, more than a year into the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.