Monday, March 3, 2008

Arabs to UN: Scold Israel for hitting Gaza back

The Arab League has demanded — and received — an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council following the Israeli counterattack on Gaza. They want the UNSC to issue a condemnation for Israel’s military action, which has killed over 70 Gazans, essentially blaming Israel for responding to the continuing volley of rocket attacks on Sderot and Ashkelon: The U.N. Security Council is meeting in emergency session at the request of the Palestinians and their Arab supporters who want the U.N.’s most powerful body to condemn the Israeli attack on Gaza and call for a cease-fire.

[Israel's only been responding - i.e., stop lobby rockets into their cities and viola: cease fire. That hasn't been proposed by the arab league.]

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