AMMAN, March 31 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – The ongoing Israeli aggression and escalation of violence was strongly condemned and criticized by world leaders and diplomats Sunday, March 31, who threatened to take measures against the brutal occupation force.

Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Moasher summoned the ambassadors of the U.N. Security Council's five permanent members Sunday, and demanded the immediate dispatch of international forces to the Palestinian territories, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

"I officially informed the ambassadors of the five [countries] that Jordan is demanding the immediate dispatch of an international military force, under U.N. control, to the Palestinian territories," Moasher said.

According to the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite channel, Jordan also threatened to freeze diplomatic ties with Israel if it continues to occupy the Palestinian-ruled areas. Along with Jordan, Morocco also called for an immediate Israeli withdrawal from Ramallah.

Following the serious developments in the Palestinian territories, King Mohammed VI, chairman of Al-Quds Committee, held phone talks with King Abdullah of Jordan over the dangerous and serious Israeli military escalation in the Palestinian territories. King Mohammed also held a meeting in Beirut with Lebanese president, Emile Lahoud, acting chairman of the Arab summit.

Jordan reportedly held talks with Egypt and other Arab countries to study their option of freezing ties with Israel and taking other similar measures to avoid any Israeli regional threat to peace and stability.

Jordan and Egypt have both signed peace treaties with Israel and have embassies in the Israeli capital, Tel Aviv.

The Islamic World League denounced the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people and called on the international community to work for halting the state's terrorism conducted by Israel against the Palestinian people.

In Beirut, thousands of Palestinians and Lebanese Friday demonstrated in solidarity with the Palestinians in the occupied territories, denouncing the unlimited U.S. support for Sharon's terrorism.

Egypt has urged the United Nations Human Rights Commission to denounce the Israeli human rights violations in Palestine, the Syrian Golan Heights and Lebanese Shebaa Farms.

These remarks came in Egypt's statement which was delivered by Egyptian Chief Delegate to the U.N. in Geneva Ambassadress Na'ela Gabr at the 58th session of the U.N. Human Rights Commission.

Israel is committing flagrant human rights violations in the Palestinian lands, breaking all international humanitarian laws, according to the Egyptian statement.

The Israeli policies and practices are exposing Israel's pretexts of defending itself, according to Gabr, who wondered what kind of self-defense was that which allowed the killing of children and shelling of residential areas and schools.

The Israeli practices are not self-defense but full-fledged war between the occupation forces and Palestinians resisting the occupation, said Gabr.

A European diplomatic source said that the Spanish foreign minister Jose Maria Aznar, whose country is assuming the current presidency of the European Union, phoned Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and informed him that the E.U. is embarking on formulating a strong statement condemning the Israeli attack and calling for immediate Israeli withdrawal from Ramallah.

In Paris, the French foreign minister criticized the Israeli tanks breaking into the Ramallah, stressing that the solution will not be through bombardment and threatening. He called on the Israeli occupation forces to pull out from the areas in re-occupied, warning that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's policies will be conducive to a deadlock and the escalation of conditions.

Earlier France has called for the immediate halting of the catastrophic military acts and honoring Arafat's safety and security.

For its part, the German government expressed its great concern over the developments of events in the occupied Palestinian territories and called on Israel to halt the escalation.

The Greek foreign minister George Papandreau condemned the Israeli aggression and statements made recently by Sharon on the Palestinian Authority. He said that the dramatic condition in the occupied Palestinian territories requires dynamic initiatives by the international community.

Regarding his visit next week as a delegate for the E.U., Papandreau said that this visit is not confirmed because of the atmosphere of war created by Israel.

In Stockholm, the Swedish foreign ministry Anna Linda said in a statement issued Friday, March 31, that what happened can not be accepted and that any attempt to destroy the Palestinian leadership is not accepted by the international community and this will only result in further losses and instability for Israel.

She added that she was horrified when she heard Sharon's statements in which he vowed to revenge the Palestinian people.

Switzerland, on the other hand, called for complete and immediate withdrawal for the Israeli occupation army from Ramallah and ensuring Arafat's security and safety.

Meanwhile, some 600 people of European peace partisans arrived Friday, March 29 in Ramallah to express their solidarity with the struggle mounted by the Palestinian people against the Israeli occupation.

They are part of hundreds of Europeans who came to Israel at several shifts from France, Italy, Britain and Switzerland on March 24 in civilian missions in order to protect the Palestinians.

The Israeli occupation forces threatened the European peace partisans to expel them upon their arrival in Israel and they were held for several days at Bin Gureon airport to prevent them from carrying out their humanitarian mission.

In Belgium, tens of Belgian people who support the Arab causes demonstrated before the Israeli embassy in Brussels in protest of the continued Israeli attacks and acts of killing the Palestinians.

In Moscow, the Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov stressed that the deterioration of conditions in the Palestinian territories reached a grave situation. He said that the mission of the international community lies in preventing tension.

In Beijing, a statement by the Chinese foreign ministry expressed China's strong concern over the deteriorated conditions in the Palestinian territories after Israel had declared the war against the Palestinians.

However, the U.S. abstained from commenting on the invasion of the Israeli occupation forces to Ramallah and Al-Beira and storming Arafat's headquarters.

A spokesman for the Pakistani foreign ministry said that Islamabad calls on the international community to call on Israel to immediately halt its attack against the Palestinian authority, stressing that these aggressive acts taken by Israel are considered a grave threat to peace in the region. The spokesman noted that the recent Israeli attacks should be condemned especially following the Arab peace plan.