issue (With photos) CAIRO, Nov 17 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Saturday called on Arabs to reassess the way the international community's handling of the Palestinian cause amidst the Israeli ongoing assault on Gaza Strip.
"The tragic conditions in Gaza and the Israeli ongoing aggression require consultations and discussions between all Arab foreign ministers and through the Arab League," Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah told KUNA following an one-day extraordinary meeting of the Arab foreign ministers, and before leaving Cairo.
He expressed sorrow for the bloody developments in Gaza which was in violation of all international laws and agreements.
Sheikh Sabah urged Arab countries to re-evaluate the way the international community was handling the Israeli practices.
He said the Arab countries should review the principles of the 1991 Madrid peace conference, the Arab peace initiative and the Quartet.
Sheikh Sabah said the foreign ministers formed two committees, one tasked with humanitarian aid to Gaza and the other to review the international community's handling of the Palestinian cause.
The Palestinian people have been deprived of their rights and their properties and lands were violated over the past 64 years, said the Kuwaiti minister who asserted that it was time that the Palestinians have their own state.
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