GCC calls for halt to Israeli 'aggression'


GCC
 Date: 10-31-05

RIYADH - The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) called on the world community to step in to halt what it termed Israel's "ongoing aggression" against the Palestinians.

A statement issued by the GCC's secretariat urged "the international community, the quartet and the UN Security Council to shoulder their responsibilities and intervene immediately to halt the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people."

The quartet refers to the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States, authors of a peace "roadmap" which has made next to no progress since its launch in 2003.

The GCC statement denounced "the terrorist conduct" of Israeli forces "against Palestinian worshippers in Jerusalem," and slammed "the racist remarks of Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz ruling out the chance of peace with the current Palestinian leadership or the present generation."

Mofaz was quoted on Friday as saying he very much doubted that Israel could reach a peace accord with the present Palestinian leadership.

"We must wait for the next generation," he was quoted as saying by an Israeli daily.

Eleven Palestinians have been killed in Israeli army operations and air strikes since a suicide bombing killed five Israelis last Wednesday in a bloody week in the Middle East conflict.

The GCC, whose secretariat is based in Riyadh, groups Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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