Lebanese President Emile Lahoud warned the Arab leaders at the opening session of the Emergency Arab Summit on Saturday against the reaction on the Arab street if the summit fails to take a "strong and united stand" against Israel.
He added, “If Arab leaders do not rise to the challenge, the Arab people will give up on us."
"We Lebanese understand the sufferings of the Palestinian people as we have endured the same experience for 20 years," he said in reference to the 22-year Israeli occupation of south Lebanon that ended last May -- Albawaba.com
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