The Arab League's permanent delegates decided to convene an urgent meeting on Sunday to discuss the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. "We will discuss Israel's escalating steps and aggressions against the Palestinian people in Gaza, and the Israeli insistence on destroying the peace process," said Mohamed Sobeih, the Arab League assistant secretary general for Palestinian Affairs and Occupied Arab Lands. The meeting will discuss Arab states' proposals concerning the issue and proposals submitted by the Arab League secretariat for putting a stop to the attacks, added Sobeih in an exclusive statement to Al-Masry Al-Youm. Sobeih pointed out that the situation in Gaza is grievous and dangerous as the Israeli government insists on escalation, even though Palestinians in Gaza have stressed dozens of times their commitment to the truce. Sobeih considers Israel's action a deliberate step to disrupt the Palestinian reconciliation and any international meditations aimed at resuming the peace process. He pointed out that the current Israeli government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a right-wing extremist and racist government that does not want peace and stability in the region. Asked about the effect of the Israeli escalation on the peace process, Sobeih said that process became farcical when the US announced a few months ago that they had failed to persuade Israel to halt settlement building on occupied Palestinian lands.
