Iraqi Parliament calls for stand against Israeli “aggressions” on Gaza

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Parliament on Sunday called on Arab and Muslim countries to “rally ranks” in the face of Israel over the attacks on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. “Arab and Muslim nations have to rally ranks to stand against these criminal acts and immediately end operations to stop the Palestinian bloodshed,” according to a parliamentary statement as received by IraqiNews.com. The statement called for “solving the (Palestinian) issue via peaceful and diplomatic means”. “The brotherly Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are coming under sinful aggressions by the Zionist occupation army, which left hundreds of Palestinian martyrs and wounded brothers on Saturday,” it added. Palestinian cities in Gaza came under powerful air strikes on Saturday that left hundreds of civilian people killed or wounded in a measure Israeli authorities said came in response to missile attacks by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Israeli settlements. Parliament’s statement further called on the United Nations and Security Council to intervene to stop these violations.   AmR (P)/SR 1