Arab Nations Demand Israel Stop Gaza Attacks

Reuters reports that Arab nations want the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding Israel stop a major offensive in the Gaza Strip:

The draft resolution reaffirms support for the nearly dormant "road map" for Middle East peace and demands "the immediate cessation of all military operations in the area of northern Gaza" and the withdrawal of Israel from there.

U.S. Ambassador John Danforth said that after two years of attacks, it was not unreasonable for Israel to respond.

"So now the issue is, all right, where do we go from here?" Danforth said. "It is the position of the U.S. delegation that we should not simply pass resolution after resolution, which are all one-sided, but that we should insist that the road map is the way to peace."

Nothing is going to change between Israel and the Palestinians until Arafat is replaced.