Arabs urge Security Council to open probe into Israeli violence

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Thu, 17 May 2018 - 11:00 GMT

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Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit – Reuters

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit – Reuters

CAIRO – 18 May 2018: Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Arab League Secretary-General, announced that the Arab states will turn to the Security Council to open an investigation into the crimes committed by Israeli forces against Palestinians during deadly violence along the Gaza border this week.

Aboul Gheit added, in a press conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir on Thursday, if the United States objected the Arab move, as expected, the Arab states will resort to the UN General Assembly.

“We call for a credible international investigation into the crimes committed by the occupation,” Aboul Gheit said following an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo to discuss the Palestinian cause. The meeting also discussed a unified Arab stance against the US decision to transfer its embassy to the city of Jerusalem.

Moreover, he pointed out that the Arab League delegation in New York will move to implement what the Arab League agreed upon at its Thursday meeting in regard with the U.S. decision.

The United States has blocked the adoption of a UN Security Council statement, drafted by Kuwait, which called for an “independent and transparent investigation” into Israel’s killing of at least 58 people during demonstrations over the opening of the American embassy in Jerusalem.

More than 1,200 people were injured as Israeli troops fired live ammunition and tear gas at demonstrators. The dead included a 14-year-old boy, said Palestinian medics.

The Arish General Hospital in Egypt continues receiving wounded Palestinians from the Gaza Strip for treatment.

There are medical staff and ambulances waiting at Rafah border crossing to help transfer the injured coming from the enclave to the Egyptian hospitals, according to medical sources.

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