BASHEER FOR THE EFFORTS HE HAD EXERTED DURING HIS CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE 18TH ARAB SUMMIT. KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ SAID: "IT IS MORE THAN 60 YEARS SINCE THE ARAB LEAGUE WAS ESTABLISHED TO BECOME A NUCLEUS FOR THE GENUINE ARAB UNITY, FOR THE UNITY OF ARMIES, THE UNITY OF ECONOMY, THE UNITY OF POLITICAL GOALS, AND BEFORE ALL OF THIS FOR THE UNITY OF HEARTS AND MINDS. THE BIG QUESTION WHICH CAN BE RAISED IS THAT IS IT WHAT HAS BEEN REALIZED FROM ALL OF THESE GOALS? THE ANSWER FOR THIS QUESTION WILL BE DISCOVERED BY OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS WHICH REITERATE THAT WE ARE TODAY FAR WAY FROM THE UNITY COMPARED TO THE DAY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARAB LEAGUE. DEAR BROTHERS: IN THE INJURED PALESTINE THE PEOPLE ARE DETERMINEDLY FACING OCCUPATION AND REPRESSION, AND THEY ARE DEPRIVED OF THEIR RIGHT TO INDEPENDENCE AND STATE, AND AS YOU KNOW THE PALESTINIAN BRETHREN HAD EARLIER MET IN MAKKAH IN THE VICINITY OF THE HOLY MOSQUE, AND WITH THE GRACE OF ALMIGHTY ALLAH THEY SUCCEEDED IN PUTTING AN END TO THEIR DIFFERENCES, AND AGREED TO FORM A NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT. IN THE LIGHT OF THIS POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT, IT HAS BECOME AN ESSENTIAL MATTER TO END THE UNJUST SIEGE IMPOSED ON THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO AS TO ENABLE THE PEACE PROCESS TO MOVE IN AN ATMOSPHERE WHICH IS FAR FROM COMPULSION AND REPRESSION IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS ITS SUCCESS IN REALIZING THE DESIRED GOAL AS REGARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN STATE. IN THE BELOVED IRAQ, BLOODSHED IS GOING AHEAD UNDER AN ILLEGAL FOREIGN OCCUPATION, AND DETESTABLE SECTARIANISM WHICH MAY PAVE THE WAY FOR THE BREAK OUT OF A CIVIL WAR. LEBANON, WHICH WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR COEXISTENCE AND PROSPERITY, IS NOW CRIPPLED AND UNABLE TO MOVE AHEAD, AND ITS STREETS HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO HOTELS, AND SEDITION IS ABOUT TO SHOW ITS TEETH. --MORE
