Just received notice from Parliament of a special meeting of Parliament on Monday on the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
Parliament will meet on Monday, January 12, 2008 at 2.30 p.m. and not the usual beginning of 10 am.
This is the result of the joint memorandum submitted by Pakatan Rakyat leaders to the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in Putrajaya last Monday (5th January) for a special Parliament meeting on Gaza.
The latest atrocity in Gaza is the killing of at least 40 Palestinians when Israeli forces struck a school run by the United Nations.
The world is faced with a humanitarian disaster in Gaza, whose water and sewage systems are on the verge of collapse because of power shortages – with more than 530,000 people among Gaza’s population of 1.4 million completely cut off from running water and the rest receive water only every few days.
The death toll in Gaza has exceeded 600 since the start of the Israeli offensive last month.