Doha: The Palestinian cause was the key topic on the agenda of the 17th regular Arab summit held in Algeria in March 2005, where Arab leaders renewed their commitment to the Arab Peace Initiative issued at the Beirut summit as a permanent Arab project to achieve just peace in the region.
According to Qatar News Agency, in March 2006, the 18th regular Arab summit was held in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, in which the centrality of the Palestinian cause was emphasized, and the Arab leaders announced their adherence to the Arab Peace Initiative. The Saudi capital, Riyadh, hosted the 19th regular Arab summit in March 2007, where the Riyadh Declaration was issued to reaffirm the Arab leaders’ choice of a just and comprehensive peace as a strategic choice for the Arab nation and the Arab Peace Initiative issued in 2002, which laid the sound foundations for establishing peace in the region, based on the foundations and principles adopted by international legitimacy in accordance with the principle of land for peace.
In March 2008, Arab leaders renewed their commitment and determination to move forward in strengthening Arab solidarity at the conclusion of the 20th regular Arab summit hosted by the Syrian capital, Damascus. The summit decided to continue providing all forms of political, material, and moral support to the Palestinian people and their legitimate resistance against the Israeli occupation and its aggressive policies.
In 2009, Doha hosted the 21st regular Arab summit, during which commitment to Arab solidarity and adherence to authentic Arab values and traditions were emphasized. The Doha summit also stressed the settlement of Arab differences through purposeful and constructive dialogue, working to strengthen Arab relations, consolidate their bonds and ties, and preserve the supreme national interests of the Arab nation.
The 22nd regular Arab summit held in March 2010 in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte declared the necessity for Arab countries to adhere to Arab solidarity in practice and approach, and to seek to resolve Arab differences and promote the value of dialogue among Arab countries.
In March 2013, the 24th regular session of the Arab summit was held in Doha, where the leaders reaffirmed the close relationship and numerous ties that link all Arab countries, in addition to the keenness to consolidate and support these ties and direct them towards what is in the best interest of all Arab countries, improving their conditions, securing their future, achieving their hopes and aspirations, and responding to Arab public opinion in all Arab countries.
A year after the Doha summit, Kuwait hosted the 25th summit of the Arab League in March 2014, which issued the Kuwait Declaration. Arab leaders pledged to find the necessary solutions to the critical situations in the Arab world with a profound vision. They stressed their absolute rejection of recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, continuing settlements, Judaizing Jerusalem, attacking its Islamic and Christian holy sites, and changing its demographic and geographic status, considering Israeli measures null and void under international law and international legitimacy resolutions.
In 2015, the Sharm El-Sheikh Declaration issued at the conclusion of the 26th Arab League Summit affirmed Arab solidarity in dealing with the current developments in the region and the necessity of formulating common Arab positions in confronting all challenges.
The 27th Arab League Summit in Mauritania concluded in July 2016 with the issuance of the Nouakchott Declaration, affirming the centrality of the Palestinian cause in joint Arab action and the need to support the steadfastness of the Palestinian people against systematic Israeli aggression. The 28th Arab League Summit in March 2017 at the Dead Sea in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan affirmed the continuation of work to relaunch serious and effective Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations to end the political deadlock and proceed according to a specific timetable to end the conflict based on the two-state solution.