King Abdullah chairs Cabinet's session
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Jeddah, July 17, SPA-- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah
bin Abdulaziz chaired the Cabinet's weekly session at AL-Salam Palace in
Jeddah on Monday.

In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, the
Minister of Culture and Information Iyad bin Amin Madani said that at the
outset of the session, the Monarch briefed the Cabinet on contents of
contacts, meetings and consultations being held by the Kingdom to contain
the dangerous crisis in the region and to put an end to Israel's aggression
on brotherly Lebanon and its siege of the Palestinian brethren.

The war being launched by Israel on Lebanon, its people, economy and
infrastructure; Israel's premeditated and repeated destructive practices,
its violations which disregard human rights, and its targeting and punishing
of the civilian and innocent people without consideration for international
pacts, conventions and norms; these are only extensions to Israel's
occupation policies and hegemony in the region, the Cabinet stressed.

The Cabinet affirmed that the international reactions to the all out war
launched by Israel with all its military machine and technology demonstrate
the extent of the world community's laxity and disregard for the Israeli
crimes. The absolute support of some countries for the Israeli policies has
led to the inability of the United Nations Security Council to take a
decision in this regard.

These incompetent policies of these countries led to the siege of the
Palestinian Authority politically, economically and financially, the Cabinet
said and added that these policies aimed at disturbing historical and stable
balances in some countries of the region, collapse of social security,
fragmentation of the the national decision in the one country, leading thus
to the deviation of some elements and trends which slipped in unilateral
decisions that terribly exploited by Israel to the utmost, to launch a
raging war on Lebanon and to complete its captivity of the whole Palestinian
people.

The Cabinet said that the world community, particularly the great powers
linked to the region by economic interests, should shoulder the
responsibility of protecting the Lebanese people; should rapidly move to
halt the Israeli destructive war on Lebanon; should end the siege imposed on
the Palestinian people and its legitimate institutions; and should provide
support for the Lebanese government in its efforts to preserve Lebanon,
maintain its sovereignty and spread its authority over all its land.

The Cabinet affirmed that the Kingdom stands by the legitimate, national and
reasonable powers in Lebanon and occupied Palestine to fend off the dangers
threatening the entity of Arab and Muslim nations.

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--SPA
17/07/2006 20:54