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| Israel Torpedoing Palestinian Ceasefire Efforts: Egypt |
| 2002-12-27 |
| Israel is torpedoing Cairo's efforts to get Palestinian resistance groups to calm their 27-month uprising, Egypt said Thursday, December 26, after the Israeli occupation army killed 9 Palestinians in the occupied territories, as the Israeli defense minister ordered his army to "turn up the heat" on the Palestinians. "At a time when the Palestinians are trying with Egypt's help to reach an agreement for a calming down, Israel is fueling the cycle of violence," Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher told reporters after receiving a phone call from Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. "If those damned Zionists would just stop shooting back, we could get somewhere!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |