Monday, January 12, 2009

Saudi Lashes Out At Israel On Gaza, Looks To Obama

Times Online (Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty)

From Reuters:

RIYADH, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia accused Israel on Monday of "racist extermination" in its attack on Gaza and expressed hope that incoming U.S. president Barack Obama would work to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"The cabinet said the extermination Israel is launching upon the Palestinian people in Gaza has denuded Israeli leaders of humanity and places their policies in the ranks of racist extermination," said a statement carried by the state news agency SPA.

"The cabinet expressed its optimism over the statements of president-elect Barack Obama concerning how affected he was by the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza, and his intention to move in an immediate and orderly fashion towards finding a fair resolution of the Palestinian question."

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