Babacan: "Gaza can't tolerate the international community's wait-and-see policy"

Visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem was received yesterday by President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the situation in Gaza. At the meeting, Muallem called for an Arab League emergency summit along with officials from the UN and European Union. Also after meeting with Muallem, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan told a joint press conference that Israel's ground operation is unacceptable. Adding that Gaza cannot tolerate the international community's wait-and-see policy because civilians are constantly dying from Israeli attacks, he called on the international community to act at once. He underlined that there should be an immediate cease-fire and the attacks should end. For his part, Muallem said that international community should hold Israel accountable for its actions in Gaza.