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Arab League calls for UN peacekeepers in occupied Palestinian territory

Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani speaks as Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit looks on during a news conference after the 33rd Arab Summit, in Manama, Bahrain [Hamad Mohammed/Reuters]

The Arab League has called for a United Nations peacekeeping force in the occupied Palestinian territory at a summit dominated by Israel’s continuing deadly assault of the Gaza Strip.

The meeting of Arab heads of state and government convened in Bahrain on Tuesday more than seven months into Israel’s offensive in Gaza that has convulsed the wider region.

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