August 30, 2005
PALESTIME:
Egypt envoy seeks state for Palestinians (IBRAHIM BARZAK, 8/30/05, Associated Press)
A senior Egyptian envoy told the Palestinian parliament Tuesday that Egypt will not rest until the Palestinians have established a state on land captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast War.The envoy, Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, spoke in the name of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and used particularly strong language to support the Palestinians.
"It's time to see the suffering ended, to see the prisoners released and to see the Palestinian territories living in security and prosperity," said Suleiman, who was in the region to broker an agreement to monitor the movement of people and goods across the Gaza-Egypt border following Israel's withdrawal from Gaza.
Suleiman said the borders of a future Palestinian state should include the West Bank and Gaza, but he did not specifically mention east Jerusalem, which was also captured by Israel in 1967 and is claimed by the Palestinians as a future capital.
If the Egyptians join with America and Israel in recognizing Palestinian statehood along the lines Mr. Sharon is drawing no one else will be able to gainsay it. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 30, 2005 7:20 AM
True, and most likely a few other states like Jordan would immediately recognize it as well that would give the border - whatever it is - legitimacy for the world to accept it.
Posted by: Chris Durnell at August 30, 2005 12:01 PMIs this the same Egypt that occupied the Gaza Strip for 19 years (from '48 to '67) without establishing said State?
Posted by: obc at August 30, 2005 2:39 PMThe Cold War is over, and with it Realism.
Posted by: oj at August 30, 2005 2:45 PM