UN Security Council fails to condemn the siege of Gaza Strip, due to US shielding of the Israeli occupation government

The UN Security Council fails to condemn Israel

Wednesday January 30, 2008 12:53 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org
The United Nations Security Council failed on Tuesday evening to issue a statement condemning Israel for its siege on Gaza.

UN Security Council - file 2007

The Libyan representative of the UN, who this month holds the Presidential seat of the Security Council, nullified the motion made by the Arab states in the UN to issue a statement condemning Israel for its siege on Gaza that stated two weeks ago.

Last week the Arab states that have representatives in the UN demanded an urgent Security Council meeting to issue a statement against the Siege in Gaza calling it an Israeli policy of collective punishment, the statement also demanded that the Palestinian resistance put an end to its home made shells which they have been firing at Israeli towns near Gaza.

Last week during the three day talks held at the UN Security Council on the issue, the USA and Israel refused to accept the statement and continued to argue that this siege is because of the Palestinian attacks.

On Tuesday Israel's UN representative refused to negotiate the terms of the statement which led to its nullification, Israeli sources said.

The Israeli foreign Minister Tizpi Livni expressed her relief at the decision and stated "Israel does not have to apologize for defending its citizens".

Israeli attacks and the siege on the Gaza strip over the past two weeks has left at least 50 Palestinians dead, whilst Palestinian home made shell attacks in the same period of time aimed at Israeli towns near Gaza left three Israelis lightly injured.

(But the Israeli siege of Gaza Strip has turned the Palestinian territory into one large prison for 1.5 million people, the largest prison in the world, with little supplies and energy. It's a crime against humanity).

Arabs, Russians, protest against Israel’s siege over the Gaza Strip

Wednesday January 30, 2008 01:00 by IMEMC News saed at imemc dot org

Hundreds of Arabs and Russians protested in Moscow on Tuesday against the unjust Israeli siege over the Gaza Strip and demanded the establishment of an independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital.

The protestors carried Palestinian flags and posters calling for ending the siege and slamming the Israeli policies against the residents in the Gaza Strip. They also called for ending the Israeli occupation in Palestine and ending the starvation policy carried by Israel against the Palestinians.

The protesters also said that there are 1.5 Million Palestinians besieged in their own land in the Gaza Strip, and lacking water, electricity, medicine, fuels, and food supplies.
They also called for ending the Israeli attacks against the Palestinians people, and called for another protest in front of the US Embassy in Moscow on February 5.

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