[ 04/01/2011 - 10:34 AM ]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Israeli political sources said that premier Benjamin Netanyahu will pay an official visit to Egypt on Thursday to meet with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in Sharm Al-Sheikh resort.
The two sides will discuss different political and security issues, especially the resumption of peace talks with the Palestinian authority, the military escalation against the Gaza Strip, the prisoner swap deal and the Iranian nuclear file.
Netanyahu will also meet with top Egyptian officials during his visit, including intelligence director Omar Suleiman and foreign minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
In another context, Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman decided to appoint a new ambassador for what he called the holocaust affairs.
According to Maariv newspaper, this ambassador's task will be to fight the principles of Nazism in the world and work on restoring the alleged property which the Jews left in the past in Arab countries, especially Egypt, and all countries of the world.
The newspaper claimed Monday that the most important property which the Jews left in the region is based mainly in Egypt, adding that the Jews were forced to leave Egypt in 1952.
There is still no immediate reaction from Egyptian officials to this Israeli step.
02/01/2011 Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Saturday evening telephoned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and expressed his shock at the terrorist attack which happened early Saturday morning in Alexandria, Egypt, according to Jpost.
"All nations which support freedom stand together on the war against terrorism," Netanyahu said. The two are set to meet on Thursday in order to discuss the so-called peace process.
Netanyahu was referring to a powerful bomb that exploded in front of a crowded Coptic Christian church a half hour into the New Year, hitting worshipers emerging from a holiday Mass, killing at least 21 people.
Mubarak vowed to track down those behind the attack, saying "we will cut off the hands of terrorists and those plotting against Egypt's security." "This terrorist act has shaken the conscience of the nation," he said in a statement, adding that "all Egypt was targeted, and terrorism does not distinguish between Copt and Muslim."
Police initially said the blast came from an explosives-packed car parked outside the Saints Church. But the Interior Ministry later said it was more likely from a suicide bomber on foot.
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Uprooted Palestinian
To: Uprooted Palestinians blogger and all who are aware of the Arabian culture and literature.
ReplyDeleteYou know the story: "Yakadu Al-Muribu Yakoolu Khuzuni" (the three suspects and the three sticks given to them by the judge)
This is Exactly what the Israeli Prime Minister is doing (he is the one who came back to the court with his stick shorter than the other two.)