Arab States Reiterate Support for Palestinian Resistance

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Arab States Reiterate Support for Palestinian Resistance

In a statement issued following an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Cairo-based Arab League (AL) headquarters, the Arabs called for implementing a declaration adopted by the Beirut Arab summit on stopping the establishment of all ties with Israel.

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Arab states on Saturday reiterated firm support for the Palestinians' resistance against Israeli occupation.

In a statement issued following an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Cairo-based Arab League (AL) headquarters, the Arabs called for implementing a declaration adopted by the Beirut Arab summit on stopping the establishment of all ties with Israel.

"The Arabs stand by the Palestinian people and their elected leader Yasser Arafat," the statement said, adding that any attempt to undermine the Palestinian National Authority would lead to serious consequences.

It called on the U.N. Security Council to deploy an international force in the occupied Palestinian territories to protect the Palestinians, while urging the United States to be a fair mediator and stop its bias toward Israel.

At the request of the Palestinian side, foreign ministers or their representatives of 22 Arab nations held the meeting on the Arab-Israeli conflict and the worsening situation in the Palestinian lands.

An Israeli siege on Arafat in his office building in the West Bank city of Ramallah has entered its ninth day.

Israeli tanks rolled into Ramallah and shelled Arafat's compound Friday morning, marking the beginning of sweeping military offensives in the West Bank.

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