by Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC News – 23 January 2008
The US representative in the UN, Zalman Zad, said that this statement “is not fair and does not consider the fact that the Palestinian home made shells are the cause of the crisis in Gaza.”
The statement was called for by the Arab states that have representatives in the UN, the statement demanded that Israel immediately halts its siege and attacks on Gaza.
Israel and the US objected to the statement, saying it was not fair.