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Arab leaders criticize U.S. position©Associated PressApril 7, 2002 CAIRO -- Arab foreign ministers denounced the Bush administration's handling of the Middle East conflict Saturday, saying U.S. bias was allowing Israel to flout international resolutions, terrorize Palestinians and destabilize the region. They reached no decision on a proposal to cut off oil sales to Israel's allies, but Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said they didn't rule it out. The emergency meeting of the Arab League was held in response to Israel's siege of Palestinian cities. In a final communique issued Saturday, the league "affirmed that the biased treatment given to Israel from some countries, particularly the United States, made it (Israel) feel and act as a state above international law and U.N. resolutions." "(This) encouraged (Israel) to go too far in its aggressive policies and threaten security and stability in the region and the world," the communique said. The meeting follows a week of daily protests against Israel and the United States. Some 15,000 Jordanians marched through the northern city of Irbid Saturday calling for "holy war" against Israel.
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