Arabs call for action on barrier
July 15, 2005
The Arab League called yesterday for the convening of an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council on the West Bank separation barrier after Israel approved a revised route around east Jerusalem.
The League said it would “work towards the convening of an urgent meeting of the Security Council and the General Assembly to take measures to stop the construction of the racist separation wall.
It added in a statement released after a meeting of its permanent delegates that Israel was continuing to build the barrier in a “flagrant challenge to the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the resolution of the general assembly.
The ICJ has issued a non-binding ruling judgment which ruled that parts of the barrier which jut into the West Bank are illegal and should be torn down, but Israeli authorities have ignored the decision.
