Arab League Delegation to Visit Gaza on Tuesday
An Arab League delegation headed by the bloc's chief Nabil al-Arabi will visit Gaza on Tuesday in a show of support for the territory in the face of Israeli air strikes, a league official said.
"The Arab ministerial delegation formed by the Arab foreign ministerial council will visit Gaza on Tuesday, headed by Nabil al-Arabi," the official said in a statement .
Arab foreign ministers roundly denounced Israel's campaign in Gaza at an emergency meeting in Cairo Saturday.
The session came amid a flurry of meetings to coordinate an Arab and Turkish response to the conflict, in which scores of Palestinians have been killed in air strikes and three Israelis have died in Hamas rocket attacks.
The ministers at the Arab League meeting asked a task force to review "the usefulness of continuing the Arab commitment in proposing the Arab peace initiative as a strategic choice," according to a statement issued after the meeting.
Member states should "reconsider all past Arab initiatives on the peace process and review their stance on the process as a whole," said al-Arabi.
In 2002, Arab states offered Israel diplomatic recognition in return for its withdrawal from all occupied territory and an equitable settlement of the Palestinian refugee question. This has been a cornerstone of Arab diplomacy ever since.
Source: Agence France Presse
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