Arab ministers unified on a Middle East peace process
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A group of Arab foreign ministers met at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo, on Thursday to discuss an integrated approach to resolve the Middle East crisis, on Thursday.
A report on few human rights violations committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip last January was also discussed in the meeting.
The ministers issued a statement that they will urge the UN's International Court of Justice (ICJ) to probe into Israeli injustice, which involves the expansion of Jewish settlements, land confiscations and home demolitions in captured Arab east Jerusalem.
The Arab League will strive "to obtain a decision from the United Nations General Assembly to task the International Court of Justice to examine Israeli violations in Jerusalem," the statement said.
The court, which is based in The Hague, is the principal judicial arm of the United Nations.
Israeli settlements in east Jerusalem, which the ICJ violates international law, are home to roughly 200,000 Jewish settlers.
Palestinians also demand that Israel should evacuate the illegal Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem, which solely has the right of the Palestinian refugees.
At least they had the good taste to call this an integrated approach rather than a "balanced" approach. Integration in this case apparently means using multiple modalities to affix blame for everything wrong on Israel. It is unlikely that there will ever be peace in the area until both sides admit to wrongdoing and take effective steps to correct these wrong acts. As a first step, Israel might evacuate ALL settlement incursions into Palestinian areas and Palestine might stop ALL shellings of Israeli targets by their people.
I don't think I will promise to hold my breath or go on a hunger strike until these steps occur.
