Arab League meets over Gaza siege
"Arab League officials have gathered for an emergency meeting to discuss the Israeli blockade of Gaza which has forced the closure of the strip's only power plant amid a looming humanitarian crisis.
Ahmed bin Hilli, the Arab League assistant secretary general, said permanent delegates to the 22-member body were to meet at the League's headquarters on Monday to ask the international community to pressure Israel into lifting its lockdown of Gaza.
Amr Moussa, the Arab League chief, has warned of a humanitarian crisis in Gaza and said Israeli actions could hamper ongoing peace talks.
He urged the international quartet - made up of the United Nations, European Union, Russia and the United States - to put pressure on Israel.
"The quartet must immediately move to stop the series of aggressions and to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza in order to end the humanitarian crisis ... and to avoid the collapse of current Palestinian-Israeli talks," Moussa said [what a horse's ass!]........"
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