AMMAN (JT) - Jordan on Wednesday suggested a three-point plan to respond to continued Israeli violations of international and humanitarian laws.
In a speech at the emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Cairo-based Arab League, Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh detailed steps of an "immediate plan" to deal with the recent Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
The plan recommends assigning the Arab Group at the UN to take measures to hold a continuation session of the United Nations 10th emergency session, after the Arab League General Secretariat conducts a legal, procedural and political assessment in a period not exceeding a week.
During the session, Arab member countries should seek several resolutions, or a comprehensive one that condemns Israel for attacking the Gaza-bound aid flotilla outside its territorial waters, Judeh said. The plan also suggests that Arabs push for the formation of an international panel to investigate the attack on the flotilla and pressure the international community to force Israel to end its inhumane blockade on Gaza and open all Gaza Strip border crossings, he added.
Jordan also proposed that the Arab Group in Geneva be assigned to work for holding an emergency session for the UN Human Rights Council, seeking a decision supporting the same demands.
The plan also entails tasking the Arab League General Secretariat, in consultation with the concerned Arab countries, to study the possibility of suing Israel before the International Court of Justice for its repeated breaches of international human rights.
© Jordan Times 2010
