OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Arab and Islamic countries members of the UN led by Malaysia are leading a trend to hold an emergency session to discuss the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla that left dozens of Turkish activists killed and wounded, a Hebrew paper said on Wednesday.
"The resolutions reached at an emergency UN session do not bear immediate practical consequences, and are considered recommendations. However, the representatives of dozens of member states could be allowed to speak at such a session, a fact that could turn the debate into a massive diplomatic assault against Israel, which, in turn, could add to international pressure on Israel to lift the blockade on Gaza", the paper said.
It quoted diplomatic sources as saying that recent efforts were triggered by the Arab and Muslim nations' dissatisfaction with the results of a UN Security Council session concerning the May 31 raid, which took place just days after the maritime operation, and which culminated with a presidential denouncement of Israel and a demand for a thorough inquiry.
Malaysia's parliament had already adopted a resolution calling for steps to be taken against Israel in response to the flotilla incident.
The official website of the country's foreign ministry even quoted Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as saying that the flotilla raid "opened the eyes of the people of Malaysia and the rest of the world to the atrocities of the Zionist regime towards the people of Palestine which hitherto we have read about and seen on television."
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