Lieberman blames the PA for Eilat terrorist attacks

              Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Saturday blamed the Palestinian Authority for the terror attack in Eilat last Thursday. Lieberman said that events in recent days confirm the futility of discussing the abandonment of terrorism with the Palestinians, adding that such a dialogue is "far from reality, like the distance between Ramallah and the United Nations in New York." Lieberman was expected to gather senior Foreign Ministry officials at 8 p.m. Saturday to discuss the diplomatic implications of recent events, Channel 10 reported. "The Palestinians Authority leadership is fully responsible for the murderous terror attack against innocent Israelis for the crime of going on vacations," Lieberman said. The foreign minister added, "The Palestinians have no suitable leadership and the only thing that unites the Hamas regime in Gaza and the [PA] in the West Bank is terrorism and hatred of Israel." The Arab League will hold an urgent meeting on Sunday to discuss an Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip that killed 15 Palestinians, a spokesman said Saturday. "The Arab League received a request from the Palestinian state ... and after negotiations it decided to host an urgent meeting on the level of the permanent representatives at 12 p.m. tomorrow," Mahmoud Abdel Aziz said. Also on Saturday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council in an effort to halt Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, according to a statement by Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat cited by Palestinian media. According to the statement, Abbas instructed Palestinian representative at the United Nations Riyad Mansour to call for an urgent session of the Security Council to discuss the airstrikes on Gaza. On Friday, Lebanon threatened to use its veto in the Security Council, thwarting the passage of a resolution condemning the terror attacks in southern Israel which left eight Israelis dead. (15,30)