Cairo, (SANA) -The Arab League started today the legal procedures to guarantee that none of the Israeli war criminals will escape punishment for the crimes they had committed against the Palestinian people in Gaza Strip.
In a statement to reporters, Head of the League Secretary General's Office Ambassador Hisham Yousef said that two committees were held today at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League presided by the Secreatry General, Amr Mousa.
The first committee consists of international jurists headed by the French international jurist Jean Dugrd. This committee is going to study the situation in Gaza Strip and the Israeli crimes committed against the Palestinian people and the role of the international law in dealing with those crimes. This committee also includes the Arab League and will be aided by a Palestinian human rights organization.
"The second committee held today presided by the Arab League Secretay General is for the Arab originations. This committee is going to discuss the role of the establishments of the joint Arab action to rebuild Gaza, and it consists of agriculture and industry organizations to discuss the Palestinian people's needs and the means with which they can help within a framework of organized Arab effort for the rebuilding process", Yousef added.
The legal committee, yousef mentioned, is going to make a report about the human and international law violations and discuss details of the war crimes carried out by the isareli army against the Palestinian people in Gaza paving the way for international law steps in this domain.
Yousef also mentioned that it should be taken into consideration that such issues take long time and that this is the beginning. He also pointed out that the committee will present its report to the Secretary General.
"The international law committee may pay other visits, and experts and technicians may share". Yousef added.
Fadi Allafi / Ghosoun