Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The Arab countries will gather at an emergency meeting on the situation in the Gaza Strip.

The Foreign Ministers of the Arab League will meet in Cairo on December 28 at an emergency meeting on the worsening situation in the Gaza Strip, the Associated Press, referring to the League Secretary General Amr Moussa.
Earlier, leaders of Arab countries have condemned the Israeli aggression and called for Jerusalem to immediately cease attacks on Gaza. According to the latest data, as a result of the Israeli raid, on December 27, killed about 155 Palestinians, more than 200 injured.
In response to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, was caused by the Ambassador of Israel. Official Cairo blamed for the deaths of people in the Israeli army and promised to exert all efforts to establish peace in the region.
In addition, Egypt has opened its border with the Gaza Strip to transport the wounded Palestinians.
In the Jordanian capital of Amman, hundreds of people gathered outside the UN to protest against Israeli actions. In addition, massive demonstrations were held in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and Syria.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora called the Israeli attack on militants from Hamas a "criminal operation" and said that the region is waiting for a new wave of massacres.
As reported by AFP, the head of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas has contacted his counterparts from Arab countries and world leaders to formulate a unified position regarding the Israeli actions.
The actions of the Israeli army also condemned Pakistan, Iran, Libya, the European Union, France, Great Britain, Austria and Russia. USA, in turn, called on Israel to avoid human casualties in the Gaza Strip and said that Hamas must stop retaliatory attacks.

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