Thursday, January 8, 2009

Diplomats: Arabs And West Agree On Gaza Resolution

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, hugs his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy at the end of a press conference on Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009 in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. Sarkozy said Wednesday Jan. 7, 2009 that Israel and the Palestinian Authority have accepted an Egyptian-French plan for Gaza. (AP Photo/Eric Feferberg/Pool)

From Yahoo News/AP:

UNITED NATIONS – Key Arab nations and Western powers called for an immediate Security Council vote Thursday night on a Gaza cease-fire resolution, after they reached agreement on final wording of the draft, officials said.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced the agreement on the resolution calling for an immediate and durable cease-fire between Hamas militants and Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.

The agreement came after a two-hour closed-door meeting. The foreign ministers from the Arab nations, the United States, Britain and France then walked upstairs to the Security Council chamber for closed consultations, to be followed by a vote.

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My Comment: I am sooooo.... skeptical. The issue of Hamas rocket attacks are not considered in this resolution .... and it is these attacks that has brought about this war.

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