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Middle East
Arabs protest, condemn Israel. Wotta surprise.
2002-03-31
  • Arab leaders Saturday condemned Israel's siege of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah, as protests denouncing the military action were held in several Middle East cities. In Cairo, as the Arab League held an emergency meeting to discuss the rising tensions in the region, university students and other demonstrators called for Arab nations to do more to support the Palestinians and for death to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

    Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa called the Israeli action against Arafat's compound "a very serious development," and said it imperils the Saudi Arabian peace proposal adopted by Arab leaders Thursday, which offers Israel peace in exchange for lands it occupied in the 1967 Six-Day War. "The initiative is there, but we cannot talk about it now while the tanks and troops are seven meters from President Arafat's room," Moussa said. "If this is the Israeli response to our initiative, then it is for you and the world to know who is on the side of peace, and who is on the side of aggression."
    We'd never say the Saudi peace initiative was a propaganda ploy. Well, maybe we would. But we'd never say this operation is geared toward destabilizing Israel. Oh, all right. Guess we would.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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