UNITED NATIONS - Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Malki said yesterday Arab countries were drafting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate end to "Israeli aggression" in Gaza.
He said Arab foreign ministers were meeting at the UN yesterday to discuss the draft as Israeli forces continued to pound Gaza.
Mr Malki told reporters that Arab League chief Amr Moussa, along with ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia and other Arab states, would discuss the crisis with representatives of the five permanent Security Council members and UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon.
He said Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas would be first to address today's council meeting.
Foreign ministers of some of the 15 council members might also attend, diplomats said.
Mr Malki said the Arabs wanted "a resolution that will permit first of all ending the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza and calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, lifting the siege, opening the crossings between Gaza and Israel, and also between Gaza and Egypt".- (Reuters)