‘Egypt’
Egypt • Lebanon • Palestine

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal
“Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged Egypt on Friday to stop building an underground wall along its border with Gaza, which the Islamist group has said would further choke the impoverished enclave. ‘We call on the Egyptian leadership to stop building the iron wall… as walls are erected between enemies, not brothers, ‘ the exiled Palestinian Islamist leader said at a conference in Beirut in support of resistance groups. ‘How can the ‘national security’ of any state be used as an excuse to build a wall between Arab brothers?’ he asked”
Egypt • Great Britain
Senior Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniya (R) greets George Galloway (L) during a rally honouring international peace activists in Gaza
UK MP “Galloway has been bundled into a police van and thrown out of Egypt two days after a policeman was killed during clashes involving his mission to deliver aid to Gaza. The MP for Bow and Bethnal Green and an aide were detained by security guards as soon as they stepped on to Egyptian soil”
Egypt • Palestine
“Egypt’s President, Hosni Mubarak, has called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to stay in post and seek re-election in polls due next year. Mr Mubarak urged him to ‘proceed with the national march in view of the Palestinians’ dire need for his role’ at talks in Cairo, a spokesman said”
“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he had asked the United States to clarify its offer to mediate indirect peace talks with Israel before he would announce any decision to resume the negotiations. ’Yesterday I met with an American delegation and we held an Egyptian, Jordanian and Palestinian trilateral meeting,’ Abbas said after talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo”




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