Arabs To Lift Financial Blockade On Palestine
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Courtesy Of: Nasdaq.com
From: The Associated Press
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(RTTNews) - Arab nations on Sunday decided to lift the financial blockade on Palestine following the US veto on a U.N. Security Council draft resolution on Saturday, which would condemned Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip, reported AP.

The Arab decision to lift the blockade on Palestine was arrived at following discussions at a meeting of 11 Arab foreign ministers and other senior officials and diplomats at the headquarters of the Arab League in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

The Arab League had called an urgent meeting of foreign ministers of its member countries on Sunday to decide how to respond the latest Israeli offensive and the US veto.

The United States had vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Saturday that would have condemned Israel for its military operations in Gaza, saying the resolution was "biased against Israel and politically motivated."

The UN draft resolution, proposed by Qatar, condemned the Israeli massacre of 18 Palestinian civilians in the town of Beit Hanoun.

The resolution also called for an immediate withdrawal of the Israeli forces from Gaza Strip.

Earlier on Sunday, the Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa had strongly condemned the US decision to veto the draft UN Security Council resolution.