Gaddafi: Arab peace initiative is Arab conspiracy against Palestine

Source: Press TV, 28-12-2008
Libya slams Arab leaders for their spineless response to airstrikes on Gaza, describing a peace initiative with "Israel" as a 'conspiracy'.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Sunday accused the heads of Arab states of falling short to support the blockaded Palestinians, Reuters reported.
"These characters should be ashamed of themselves. They are trading on the name of the Palestinian cause with their cowardly, weak and defeatist stands," Gaddafi said in an apparent reference to Arab leaders and their attempts to find a common stance on the "Israeli" raids.
"One proposes a (peace) initiative. Another offers empty humanitarian relief. The next one makes speech and the other takes an initiative to call for an emergency Arab summit," he added.
Gaddafi, in addition, urged Arab leaders to withdraw a Saudi-sponsored Arab initiative which aims to put an end to the Arab-"Israeli" conflict.
"You should withdraw your initiative, which you have called an Arab initiative. It is an Arab conspiracy," he said.
The Libyan leader noted that Arabs are the ones who need peace, not the "Israelis" who live in peace. "Who are dying in their dozens and hundreds? They are Arabs," he stated.
Gaddafi meanwhile scoffed at proposals made by Arab leaders which call for emergency summits to be held. "How many times have you held emergency summits? Is this the first time you are proposing an emergency summit? How many summits have you held on the Palestinian issue? What have you achieved?" he inquired.
"Israel" destroyed Hamas' main Gaza security complex in an air strike on Saturday and is preparing for a possible ground invasion of the territory.
More than 285 Palestinians have lost lives in the first 24 hours of the all-out "Israeli" offensives on the coastal sliver.