The wives of the leaders of seven Muslim countries Saturday condemned the Israeli attack on Gaza and called on the international community to end the suffering of women and children there. They were joined by the daughter of the Libyan leader Moamer Gaddhafi after a meeting in the city of "Women for peace in Palestine."
The meeting was organized by Emine Erdogan, wife of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to a news agency report. Among those attending were Queen Rania of Jordan, Asma al-Assad, wife of the Syrian leader, Aicha Gaddhafi, daughter of the Libyan leader, and Wafa Suleiman, wife of the president of Lebanon.
" I hope our meeting will be an instrument of pressure on Israel for the immediate halt of the attacks on Gaza "
Emine Erdogan |
"I hope our meeting will be an instrument of pressure on Israel for the immediate halt of the attacks on Gaza," Erdogan told participants in the meeting in an address carried live on Turkish television.
She spoke of a "humanitarian drama" in Gaza and urged the international community to put an end "to the sufferings of women and children" in Palestine which "attacked the most basic freedom, that of life."
Earlier those attending the meeting had met representatives of Turkish aid organizations operating in Gaza. |