http://www.english.hadhramaut.info President presents Yemen's project to establish Arab states union in Kuwait summit [The Source: www.sabanews.net - 20/1/2009] President Ali Abdullah Saleh presented on Monday in the Arab summit (solidarity summit with the Palestinians  in Gaza Strip), which is currently held in Kuwait, a project prepared by Yemen to establish an Arab states union. In his speech delivered in the evening session of the summit, Saleh said "Yemen presented this project out of faith in the changes and challenges facing the Arab nation which force all to work in order to change system of the Arab work in the light of international and regional developments." He pointed out that establishing this union will ensure achieving political, economic, social, development, cultural, security and defense integration and will serve interests of the Arab nation. "We have enough of economic, human and military capacities which enable us to defend our faith, countries and Arab and Islamic entity and also protect our rights and dignity," he added. The president emphasized the importance of the summit to come out with a decision which translates hopes and ambitions of the Arab nation and reinforces Arab unity and solidarity, affirming at the same time that the current situations force all to reject disagreements. He said "we hope that this summit to be a historical one marked with its decisions with respect to its agenda's political and economic issues, particularly that it is held under highly important and complicated situations due to the barbaric aggression of the Israeli forces against the Palestinian brethren in Gaza Strip. "The Zionist entity has managed to set the Arab solidarity apart and tear the Palestinian unity supported by some forces," he said, adding that "our national responsibility push us to work through all means to rescue the Arab situation and to take action to force the Zionist entity to stop its offensive and comply with the will of truth, justice and international legitimacy." Saleh expressed hope the Arab Kuwait summit comes out with the following resolutions: - Opening all crossings, - Ending blockade imposed on Gaza, - Forcing the Zionist entity to compensate the Palestinian of the losses due to the holocaust it  committed, - Trying Zionist leaders on the inhumane war on Gaza, - Asking the international community to impose economic and military embargo on Israel, and - Working to make use of the relations of Arab countries, specially those with permanent membership in the Security Council. He emphasized the importance of finding out a unified and decisive Arab stance to encounter stubbornness of the Zionist entity in case it did not react according to these demands. "Arrogance of the Zionist entity in not applying peace options and committing to resolution of the international legitimacy entitle us to activate the agreement of Arab joint defense as a last choice regarding the Israeli stubbornness to protect dignity and future of the Arab nation," he added. The president called Fatah and Hamas movements, and other Palestinian factions, to commit to the signed agreements between them to ensure unity of the Palestinian stance and reinforce the Palestinian national unity as well as forming a government of all the Palestinian forces to work on preparing timely presidential and parliamentary elections and also re-structuring security system on the basis of professionalism.