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Arab League head to visit Gaza to show solidarity with Palestinians
November 18, 2012 - 18:46 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of the Arab League and a group of Arab
foreign ministers will visit Gaza on Tuesday, Nov 20, to show
solidarity with Palestinians under Israeli attack, officials said on
Sunday, according to Reuters.
Arab league ministers had called at an earlier meeting for a mission
to go to Gaza. Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby told reporters in Cairo
the visit would take place on Tuesday. A League source said Elaraby
would lead the delegation.
The source also said that Elaraby set the date of the visit in
coordination with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the names of
the traveling ministers would be announced later.
In an urgent meeting in Cairo on Saturday, the Arab ministers gave
their backing to Egyptian efforts to secure a truce between the
Israelis and the Palestinians.
They also condemned the Israeli offensive in Gaza that started last
Wednesday and has killed 56 Palestinians and wounded hundreds,
according to Palestinian officials. More than 500 rockets fired from
Gaza have hit Israel, killing three civilians and wounding dozens.
Israel's declared goal in Gaza is to deter Hamas, the Palestinian
Islamist group that runs the enclave, from launching rockets that have
plagued its southern communities for years.
Turkish Prime Minster Tayyip Erdogan, who is currently visiting Cairo,
also called for a truce between the Palestinians and Israel at a
business forum on Sunday. "We want a synchronized ceasefire," Erdogan
told a group of Egyptian and Turkish businessmen.
"I call upon Israel and Gaza. The ceasefire agreement should be
established within 24 hours... The embargoes should be abolished in a
gradual way. And these talks should start within 90 days," he added.
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November 18, 2012 - 18:46 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of the Arab League and a group of Arab
foreign ministers will visit Gaza on Tuesday, Nov 20, to show
solidarity with Palestinians under Israeli attack, officials said on
Sunday, according to Reuters.
Arab league ministers had called at an earlier meeting for a mission
to go to Gaza. Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby told reporters in Cairo
the visit would take place on Tuesday. A League source said Elaraby
would lead the delegation.
The source also said that Elaraby set the date of the visit in
coordination with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the names of
the traveling ministers would be announced later.
In an urgent meeting in Cairo on Saturday, the Arab ministers gave
their backing to Egyptian efforts to secure a truce between the
Israelis and the Palestinians.
They also condemned the Israeli offensive in Gaza that started last
Wednesday and has killed 56 Palestinians and wounded hundreds,
according to Palestinian officials. More than 500 rockets fired from
Gaza have hit Israel, killing three civilians and wounding dozens.
Israel's declared goal in Gaza is to deter Hamas, the Palestinian
Islamist group that runs the enclave, from launching rockets that have
plagued its southern communities for years.
Turkish Prime Minster Tayyip Erdogan, who is currently visiting Cairo,
also called for a truce between the Palestinians and Israel at a
business forum on Sunday. "We want a synchronized ceasefire," Erdogan
told a group of Egyptian and Turkish businessmen.
"I call upon Israel and Gaza. The ceasefire agreement should be
established within 24 hours... The embargoes should be abolished in a
gradual way. And these talks should start within 90 days," he added.
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