UN General Assembly deliberates raising Palestinian level of representation, today. Arabs determined on having Security Council condemn Israel s plan of Judaizing Jerusalem. FM Moussa warns of Arab anger, frustration at Israeli rejection of all peace initiatives. US protests declaring Iraq free of nuclear weapons. 5-member Israeli Knesset Committee approves draft on annexing new settlements.
Possibility still stands for convening Arab summit.
Mediation with Israel not likely to succeed. Israel calls on Egypt, Jordan to pressure Palestinian Authority. African Heads of State defy UN ban on air flights to Libya. Israeli MPs push for upgrading Jewish settlements. Intense inter-Arab consultations on peace impasse Moussa.