Arab parliament discusses breaking Gaza siege 19Sep11 September 19, 2011
The Palestinian Information Centre - 18 September 2011
CAIRO, (PIC)– Ali Salem Al-Dakbasi, the chairman of the Arab parliamentary union, has said that the parliamentâs session in the period September 18-21 would deliberate means of busting the Gaza blockade.
He said that the APU would also debate backing international recognition of a Palestine state on 1967 borders in addition to means of pressuring Israel into releasing Palestinian lawmakers held in its jails.
Dakbasi said in a press release on Saturday that the Arab parliamentarians would look into the Belgian Senateâs decision to recognize the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
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