By IINA,
Kuwait City : Israel should be branded a terrorist state for its 22-day assault on the Gaza Strip, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad told the Arab summit. “Arabs should declare an unequivocal support for the Palestinian resistance … I call on the Arab summit to officially declare Israel as a terrorist state for the crime it did in Gaza,” Assad said. “Ceasefire does not mean the end of aggression as the invading forces are still in Gaza,” the Syrian leader said, urging “Arab solidarity… for our causes.”
The Syrian president stressed that the divisions among Palestinians have made the Israeli aggression easier, which also reflected the Arab division, expressing his hope that Palestinians would overcome their divisions through ending the violence in Gaza, seeking the pullout of Israeli forces, lifting the blockade and opening border crossings.
Al-Assad also called on Arab nations to take further steps to promote the Arab economic integration and respond to the global financial crisis, saying integration can ensure less losses and protect Arab economies from future crises. An Arab initiative for peace with Israel is “dead” and Arab countries should end all ties with the Jewish state, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Friday. Speaking at an emergency meeting held for Gaza in Doha earlier, Assad said “all direct and indirect” ties with Israel should be cut in protest at its offensive in Gaza. “I consider the Arab initiative with Israel “dead”, he said.