UN to Hold Emergency Session on Separation Fence

(Reuters/MSNBC) - The UN General Assembly will meet in emergency session on Monday to consider putting more pressure on Israel after it rejected a demand to halt construction of what it calls a ''security fence,'' designed to stop suicide attacks that have killed hundreds of Israelis over the past three years. The General Assembly voted 144-4 last month to demand that Israel halt construction of the barrier.


2003-12-03 00:00:00

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