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Mubarak Urges Israel to End Provocative Practices Against Palestinians

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday urged Israel to end its provocative practices against the Palestinians in a bid to avoid a disaster in the Middle East.


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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday urged Israel to end its provocative practices against the Palestinians in a bid to avoid a disaster in the Middle East.

"Irresponsible Israeli practices provoke more violence and terrorism all over the world, not only against the Americans, Egyptians or others, but also against Israel itself," Mubarak told a press conference after the opening of a telecommunications exhibition in Cairo, Egypt's state-run MENA news agency reported.

Mubarak's remarks came at a time when Israel has stepped up its military actions against the Palestinians over the past week.

Last Friday, more than 10 Israeli bulldozers, supported by armored vehicles and tanks, destroyed completely the runway of the Gaza International Airport.

One day earlier, the Israeli army demolished 73 Palestinian homes in Rafah on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, leaving more than 600 Palestinians homeless, in retaliation for the killing of four Israeli soldiers by Palestinian gunmen on Wednesday.

The Palestinian-Israeli peace talks are in stalemate due to the more than 15 months of violence between the two sides, during which over 1,100 people, most of them Palestinians, have been killed.

"We are with peace and stability, and not with this or that party," Mubarak stressed, saying that peace and stability will never be achieved unless rights are restored to their owners.

Egypt, the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, has been playing a key role in helping resolve the Arab- Israeli conflict.




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