Egypt urges UN action if Israel rejects freeze.Summary: Egypt said on Thursday that if Israel continues to reject a freeze on Jewish settlement, then any new peace talks should be on the basis of a U.N. Security Council requiring it to leave the whole Egypt said on Thursday that if Israel continues to reject a freeze on Jewish settlement, then any new peace talks should be on the basis of a U.N. Security Council requiring it to leave the whole West Bank. Egypt's remarks came a day after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held hastily hast·y adj. hast·i·er, hast·i·est 1. Characterized by speed; rapid. See Synonyms at fast1. 2. Done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash: a hasty decision. arranged talks in Cairo with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Noun 1. Hosni Mubarak - Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929) Mubarak to clarify remarks about U.S. policy on demanding a Jewish settlement freeze. "Negotiations can start only if settlements are frozen -- and this continues to be our demand -- or if we receive unequivocal guarantees that a Palestinian state The Palestinian state (Arabic (دولة فلسطين) is a proposed country. The proposed location includes the Gaza Strip and the autonomously controlled areas of the West Bank, currently controlled by the Palestinian National will be erected on 1967 borders, including (Arab east) Jerusalem," Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said. "If the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. gives these guarantees in writing, and (they are) backed by the international community, that is a U.N. Security Council resolution, then we would have accomplished what has been so hard to achieve so far," he said. This solution would "set the borders of the (future Palestinian) state through an international resolution, and would place east Jerusalem East Jerusalem refers to the part of Jerusalem captured by Jordan in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and subsequently by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. It includes Jerusalem's Old City and some of the holiest sites of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, such as the Temple Mount, Western within the borders," he said. Clinton said at joint news conference with Abul Gheit on Wednesday that Jerusalem must be on the agenda of any Middle East peace talks. "We want to assure you that our goal is a real state, with a real sovereignty," she said. "There is no doubt that moving toward a state that reflects the aspirations aspirations npl → aspiraciones fpl (= ambition); ambición f aspirations npl (= hopes, ambition) → aspirations fpl and the rights of the Palestinian people For other uses of "Palestinian", see Definitions of Palestine and Palestinian. Palestinian people (Arabic: الشعب الفلسطيني, must include all of the issues that have been discussed and mentioned by President (Barack) Obama, and that includes Jerusalem." Abul Gheit insisted that the issue must be solved in the interests of the Palestinian people "who then can resume negotiations (with Israel) on the basis of a Security Council resolution." Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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