Nabil El-Arabi, secretary general of the Arab League (AL), speaks to the media after the Arab League emergency meeting at the level of permanent delegates to discuss the latest Israeli assaults on Al-Aqsa mosque, one of the three most sacred mosques for Muslims, at the AL headquarters in Cairo, May 12, 2013. (Xinhua/Amru Salahuddien)

Nabil El-Arabi (L), secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Abo El-Ata (C), president of the emergency meeting and Egypt's permanent delegate to the Arab League (AL), and AL Deputy Secretary General Ahmed bin Helli are seen during the Arab League emergency meeting at the level of permanent delegates to discuss the latest Israeli assaults on Al-Aqsa mosque, one of the three most sacred mosques for Muslims, at the AL headquarters in Cairo, May 12, 2013. (Xinhua/Amru Salahuddien)

Arab League (AL) permanent delegates are seen during an emergency meeting at the level of permanent delegates to discuss the latest Israeli assaults on Al-Aqsa mosque, one of the three most sacred mosques for Muslims, at the AL headquarters in Cairo, May 12, 2013. (Xinhua/Amru Salahuddien)

Nabil El-Arabi, secretary general of the Arab League (AL), speaks to the media after the Arab League emergency meeting at the level of permanent delegates to discuss the latest Israeli assaults on Al-Aqsa mosque, one of the three most sacred mosques for Muslims, at the AL headquarters in Cairo, May 12, 2013. (Xinhua/Amru Salahuddien)

Syria's seat is seen empty during the Arab League (AL) emergency meeting at the level of permanent delegates to discuss the latest Israeli assaults on Al-Aqsa mosque, one of the three most sacred mosques for Muslims, at the AL headquarters in Cairo, May 12, 2013. (Xinhua/Amru Salahuddien)

Palestinian permanent delegate Barakat Al-Farra is seen during the Arab League (AL) emergency meeting at the level of permanent delegates to discuss the latest Israeli assaults on Al-Aqsa mosque, one of the three most sacred mosques for Muslims, at the AL headquarters in Cairo, May 12, 2013. (Xinhua/Amru Salahuddien)