Arab rulers from Jordan to Qatar are condemning Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip, and are calling the rest of the world to do the same. 
Israel made raids into Gaza Saturday, which killed over 200 people. Israel said its attacks on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip were a response to rocket salvoes.
King Abdullah II of Jordan released a statement, condemning the attacks, and demanded an immediate stop to military action and to Israel’s “siege on innocent civilians and women and children”.
“Violence will only lead to aggravating the situation and will not deliver security to Israel,” the King was quoted as saying in the statement.
Many Jordanians are of Palestinian origin and thousands marched in the capital of Amman crying for the deaths in Gaza to be avenged with suicide attacks.
It was later reported that the Jordanian King got into contact with Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani. Both called for a unified Arab stance on the Israeli offensive.
The Emir also contacted various Arab leaders, included those in Yemen, Syria and the United Arab Emirates. There was discussion for an emergency Arab summit about the crisis.
Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia, another King Abdullah contacted out-going U.S. President Bush about the attacks.
The Saudi state news agency, SPA, reported that King Abdullah had discussed “the Israeli aggression against Gaza” and the “implications of continuing Israel’s policies of blockade, occupation and torture against the Palestinian people all over the Occupied Territories.”
The King also called for “the major countries to shoulder their responsibilities to stop this Israeli attack and save the lives of the innocent and remaining infrastructure in the Palestinian territories.”
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