Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said Monday that the pan-Arab forum will be holding a meeting on Tuesday to prepare for an emergency Arab summit, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.

The idea of holding such a summit was proposed by Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh on July 12, shortly after the Israeli- Hezbollah clashes on the border area, MENA said.

Moussa said in his statement that he called Saleh on Sunday and discussed preparations for the summit, adding that five Arab countries have showed readiness to attend the proposed summit, namely Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Yemen and Qatar.

Moussa repeated his view in the statement that the Middle East peace process has failed and it was important to refer the whole Middle East crisis to the United Nations Security Council.

The AL chief said after Saturday's emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo that the Middle East peace process is "dead."

Moussa said in Monday's statement that the Arabs were not seeking a UN Security Council draft resolution or statements.

Instead, the Arabs would like the Security Council to have a clear and accurate political review of all regional issues, he said.

Tensions in the Middle East have been dramatically heightened as Israel has been pressing ahead a massive assault in Lebanon since July 12 and continuing a three-week-old offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Over 150 Lebanese, most of them civilians, have been killed and hundreds more injured in Israeli attacks, it was reported.

Source: Xinhua