JREUSALEM, November 12, 2006, (WAFA)- Israeli Coalition of Peace Movements called for the resignation of Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz and Chief of Staff Dan Halutz.

In a statement issued Sunday, the Coalition said that tens of protesters from the peace Coalition organized a demonstration before the Ministers' Council in Jerusalem calling for lifting the siege on the Gaza Strip.

They called on the Israeli officials to resign after the last week massacre in Beit Hanoun in which 20 citizens, most of them children, were murdered in an Israeli missile attack.

Members of the Peace Coalition chanted slogans calling for leaving the Gaza children to live in peace and called the Israeli Government to launch "serious negotiations" with the Palestinian Leadership.

S.A.S. (14:00 P) (12:00 GMT)