INDONESIAN PRESIDENT SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO ON FRIDAY CONDEMNED ISRAEL'S MILITARY ACTION IN LEBANON AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AND CALLED FOR UNITED NATIONS INTERVENTION TO END THE CONFLICTS, DPA REPORTED. "INDONESIA HAS REPEATEDLY CALLED ON ISRAEL TO STOP ITS MILITARY ACTION ... THE UNITED NATIONS HAS TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT THE CONFLICT FROM ESCALATING," HE WAS QUOTED BY THE STATE-RUN ANTARA NEWS AGENCY AS SAYING WHILE ON A TRIP TO THE COUNTRY'S TSUNAMI-RAVAGED ACEH PROVINCE. YUDHOYONO, WHO LEADS THE WORLD'S LARGEST MUSLIM-MAJORITY NATION, ALSO CALLED FOR - IF POSSIBLE - INCREASED HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR WOUNDED AND DISPLACED PEOPLE IN PALESTINE DESPITE ONGOING ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATIONS THERE. "INDONESIA HOPES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE CAN BE HANDED TO OUR SUFFERING BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN PALESTINE," HE SAID.
