UN Security Council has 'failed' in Gaza: Arab League

Source: Yahoo / AFP

CAIRO (AFP) – Arab League chief Amr Mussa accused the UN Security Council on Saturday of "ignoring" Israel's onslaught on Gaza, saying the delay in agreeing a resolution is proof of failure to handle the conflict.

Arab regimes cannot put pressure on Israel but the Security Council could pressure the Jewish state into ending its eight-day bombardment of Gaza, he said.

"Israel does not respect the Arabs. And we do not respect its policies," he said.

A delegation of Arab foreign ministers is expected to leave for the UN's headquarters in New York on Sunday evening, he said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090103/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaisraelunarab

the Arab League seemed like a group of villains to me. If you had told me that I'd be agreeing with them 30 years later, I wouldn't have believed it.

Their membership is composed primarily of right-wing, millionaire/billionaire despots.

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the propaganda since then.

That's when they moved their HQ to Tunisia.

Yes, I'd say the UNSC and the Arab League have both failed.

And the US - the Bush administration ignored diplomacy until its second term. We could have at least been trying to build on the work done during the Clinton years.

There's blame aplenty to go around, and the situation is sad. But I immediately distrust anyone who sees only all black or all white in this situation.

We need to help find the people and parties who genuinely want to work for peace. We need to pressure those funding terrorism, wherever it's found. (Another failure of ours, wrt to the Iranian regime - we dealt with them exactly wrong, intead of exploiting their desire to become a real part of the world community.)

I think most Israelis and Palestinians would be extremely happy to live in peace.

of course Israel doesn't respect the Arabs; why should they respect anyone who is trying to wipe them from the face of the earth

I do recall them saying they would agree to a ten-year "trial" period (whatever the Arabic word is for that, it escapes me at this moment).

I don't think this was it but, this is one, anyway. And it looks like, the talking was before the election, not after.


Hamas leader hints stance may be softening on Israel
But it is uncertain if sheikh speaks for self or group
Laura King, Los Angeles Times
Saturday, December 4, 2004

(12-04) 04:00 PST Jerusalem -- A leader of Hamas said Friday that the militant group could endorse the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, hinting at acceptance of Israel's right to exist.

But it was unclear whether the official, Sheikh Hassan Yousef, spoke with the full backing of the organization. Israel called his statements highly conditional and said they would need to be backed by deeds.

Hamas, which formally is known as the Islamic Resistance Movement, has long been sworn to Israel's destruction. It has killed and maimed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings.

The group has joined other Palestinian factions in jockeying for influence in advance of an election scheduled for Jan. 9 to replace the late Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat.


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/04/MNG1MA6HDI1.DTL&hw=Hamas+two+state+hint&sn=004&sc=690

which was like this one but probably wasn't this one where Hamas was talking about a two state solution.

They did not send a dozen roses to Israel. But, if you read what they say, two states is the underlying assumption.

Even your article doesn't say that.

saying that Palestinians want to live in peace beside Israel. Maybe you should call him and tell him he got it wrong.

And, I wouldn't be surprised if they were asking for peace and claiming they NOW want a two-state solution.

with a country they are still committed to wiping off the face of the earth?

doesn't seem like they can have it both ways

That's what I keep saying - how do you work toward peace with the likes of Hamas? They're not interested in peace - peace sees them out of power and sidelined as any sort of political force. They're financed by powers that likewise have no investment in peace in that region - it would eliminate the necessary "enemy" to focus disenchanted citizens of their own countries on so to distract them from the problems at home.

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want Israel withdraw from Gaza and stop the killing.The people that support the killing of women and children are heartless and as sure as the sunset, they too will have their day of judgment.

Why won't Hamas stop tossing bombs into Israel? Or smuggling arms and enticing suicide bombers?

Honest to goodness, this is NOT a one-sided situation.

can't Israel go home,leave the occupied country?.

Or would you prefer to put a random date on who was where when? 20th century? 18th? 15th? 3rd BC?

That's just a silly way to go about this.

Israel exists. It's the home and will remain the home of the Jewish people. Period. And the sooner the rest of the Arab world gets used to that fact, the sooner there will be peace.

Don't talk about things, DO SOMETHING -- all of these participants have an army back home (I know this, because I have seen them fire on their people when the American ambassador tells them to), why are they still in their barracks? (ps -- what is the plural form of 'barracks'?)

18 month old article not exactly knee jerk breaking news but....
it is related;

U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama on Hamas -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfZSiHl6Ugg

Quotes found to be so disturbing,


they keep getting deleted


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The Other Side of the Story!
http://palestinian.ning.com/forum/topics/the-other-side-of-the-story

AND WHY WEREN'T THOSE CROSSINGS OPENED...Israel intentionally kept them closed not allowing food, medicine OR fuel for heating...THAT WAS PART OF THE TRUCE AND THE CROSSING WEREN'T OPEN AT ALL!

Israel doesn't want peace...israel wants to steal more land.

why did they abandon those gaza strip settlements in 2005 ? What did hamas do to the greenhouses Bill Gates bought as a promise to peace ?




And what about Egyptian brothers ?
Palestinians bulldozer Gaza Egypt border crossing part.1



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpdCTbiweA4



Enjoy backing losers DogPoundPup ?



Sort of like going to a Browns game, why should there be any security at the gates at all ?

the place is loser ville with people dieing to get out


Suicide Bombing Rocks Dimona, Southern Israel, Israeli Woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB6NOcZFKT4

You got any favorites to blame in that actual genocide ?

blame the US for that one or how about putting the blame on coach Romeo ?

Their interest is in securing their power base and the friction and fighting only supports that.

They have no care for the Palestinian people.

the only concern seems to be sending their brothers into some sort of promised afterlife reward for their own personal gain here on earth....a sand trap strip shit hole along the sea.

Egyptians don't want them blowing up their Gaza wall again but in time it will be up to the Palestinian themselves to end "the genocide" of their elected leaders choosing.


http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1230733155639