After They Have Destroyed Everything We Built”

President Arafat addressing the Arab Foreign Ministers in Cairo:ilt”

“We need a more firm stand confronting the Israelis after they have destroyed every thing we built”

Cairo, August 23rd, WAFA (Official Palestine news agency), President Yasser Arafat called, yesterday, for a more firm stand confronting the Israeli aggression after they have destroyed every thing the Palestinians have built over the years.

Addressing the Arab Foreign Ministers, with the participation of Sheikh Hamad Ben Jasim, the chairman of the current urgent summit, Mr. Amro Musa the Secretary General of the Arab League, Abdulelah Alkhatib the head of the Arab Follow up Committee, and several Arab Foreign Ministers, H.E. emphasized the importance of setting united Arab strategic plans in every direction, in order to oblige the UN Security Council, the International Community and the UN General Assembly to carry out their duties and liabilities, towards this region, stressing the need for them to fulfill their duties before it is too late.

He added that we are peace seekers and we seek a permanent, just, right and acceptable peace, which can be achieved by the Israeli withdrawal to the June 4th 1967 borders, and recognizing truly the Palestinian rights.

He also said that the breaches committed by Israel are bold violations to the agreements signed between us in Oslo, emphasizing that our nation will not be defeated no matter how much the Israeli war machine is powerful, for we will struggle until we achieve our national goals and internationally approved and recognized rights, of establishing our independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.

We thank “IMRA” for calling this to our attention