In a statement released on Thursday, the Arab League demanded that the U.N. Security Council impose a deadline on the political process leading up to the creation of a peacekeeping force to be stationed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip until a two-state solution could be negotiated.Diplomats have sometimes raised the idea of sending U.N. peacekeepers into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, a U.N. spokesperson, Farhan Haq, stated that the Arab League s statement seemed to be the first time the group had formally made such a request in a written document. Since the Security Council must first approve the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers into any conflict, it is unlikely that any time soon, troops will be sent to Gaza or the West Bank. The United Nations forces, which are usually made up of soldiers from several different nations, do not go into active combat zones or take part in hostilities. Additionally, Israel and Hamas would need to consent to the presence
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CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Israel's tanks pushed into the heart of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Thursday, facing anti-tank rockets and mortar bombs from militant.