...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss a serious escalation of hostilities by Israel, at the request of President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas.
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...
Member of the PLO executive committee Saeb Erekat told the official Paleostinian Authority news agency that Abbas asked the league Saturday morning to hold an emergency meeting.
Arab League chief
Jerry Lewis doppelgänger Amr Moussa... who has been head of the Arab League since about the time Jerry and Dean split up ...
replied to the request within hours, saying the meeting would be held at noon.
Abbas is in Cairo, meeting representatives of Paleostinian factions in a low-level bid for unity with Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, and to brief new Egyptian leaders and media professionals on the current situation in Paleostine.
Erekat said Abbas was seeking a unified Arab voice to come out against the what has been called the deadliest escalation in the region since Israel launched its winter offensive on Gazoo in 2008-9.