PFLP seeks emergency Arab League Summit

Gaza – Ma'an – The Popular Front on Friday called for an urgent meeting of the Arab League to halt Israeli attacks on th Gaza Strip.

In a statement, the Popular Front condemned "the Arab silence towards these continuous and systematic Israeli attacks."

They called for the convening of an emergency meeting of the Arab League in order to put pressure on Israel to stop the attacks.

The Popular Front also called on the international community to intervene to stop the attacks, to lift the seige on the impoverished coastal region and to stop the Israeli plan to to build more than ten thousand housing units on Palestinian lands in Jerusalem.

The statement also said that news reports on the difficulty of stopping Palestinian rockets targeting Israeli cities were a victory for the resistance.

They also described Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' negotiations with the Israeli government as "futile."

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