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| Israel-Palestine |
| Egypt demands complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza |
| 2005-01-04 |
| Egypt demanded Israel on Monday to completely withdraw from Gaza Strip to the positions they held in 2000, prior to the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising, Intifada, to restore security and calmness to the region, to ensure the legitimacy of the Palestinian elections, planned for next week. In an interview with Egyptian radio on Monday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that "the aim Egypt is working for is to restore confidence and calm so that the Palestinian people in all the Gaza Strip can take part in a legitimate election process under international supervision. That can be achieved only by complete Israeli withdrawal from the areas Israeli forces have occupied since 28 September, 2000 (the eve of the intifada)." Aboul Gheit added that the presence of the Israeli army in Gaza was a "provocation" perpetuating a cycle of violence. Yesterday, Israeli tanks moved into the northern areas of the Gaza Strip and Israel claimed that the operation was aimed at stopping Palestinian fighters from launching mortar and rocket attacks against the Israeli soldiers and settlements. The raid in Beit Hanoun started just hours after Israeli army ended its three-day incursion into Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza. Aboul Gheit said there was no comparison between Israel's offensive and the Palestinian resistance and attacks, which are a direct result of provocations by Israeli forces. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 "...and a pony!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-01-04 12:52:43 PM |
| #8 Well, Frank, I'd be surprised if they began keeping their word on anything. For example, how about even doing the first on the road |
| Posted by: jackal 2005-01-04 10:24:45 AM |
| #7 soon as Egypt starts keeping their word on stopping the Paleo-tunnel smuggling, k? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-04 9:45:21 AM |
| #6 So withdraw from Gaza already. Move the troops to Sinai and have them escort the Paleos into the desert. Elephant tick solution. |
| Posted by: Weird Al 2005-01-04 9:38:22 AM |
| #5 This is so Arab. Sharon says "We're going to withdraw our people from Gaza." The Egyptians say, "We demand that the Israelis withdraw their people from Gaza." The Israelis withdraw as they had planned to do, and the Egyptians do a victory lap because they 'forced' the Israelis to do so. Idiots. |
| Posted by: Captain Pedantic 2005-01-04 8:02:43 AM |
| #4 Utter nonsense in aisle 2. Especially considering that more than half of the Jewish population of Israel came from the Arab world. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-01-04 7:05:39 AM |
| #3 LOL! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-01-04 7:03:03 AM |
| #2 the israbastards have to go back to russia bla bla bla bla |
| Posted by: send the jucy back to russia 2005-01-04 4:39:29 AM |
| #1 Sakes. The Israelis have to do this, the Israelis have to do that. Blah, blah, blah. The A-rabs need to try something new that isn't a variant of that theme. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-04 1:32:12 AM |