Egypt Urges US to Play Fair Role in Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

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Egypt Urges US to Play Fair Role in Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher on Saturday urged the United States to play a fair and strong role in solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher on Saturday urged the United States to play a fair and strong role in solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Maher made the appeal while commenting on talks between Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul-Aziz and U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday.

Maher said that he has not been officially informed of eight proposals raised by the Saudi crown prince during his talks with Bush, adding that what he learned from newspapers was in line with an Arab stance on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

According to reports, the proposals included halting the Palestinian-Israeli violence, freezing the construction of Jewish settlements, ending the Israeli reoccupation and implementing the existing agreements.

After the Abdullah-Bush talks, a senior Saudi official said that the Saudi crown prince warned Bush of risks the United States would face if it continues a Middle East policy widely perceived in the Arab world as favoring Israel.

Adel Al-Jubeir, a foreign policy adviser to the Saudi government, said that Israel must withdraw Israeli troops from Palestinian cities and towns, end its sieges on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah and around the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, and accept a probe by the U.N. fact-finding mission at the refugee camp of Jenin.

"The crown prince speaks directly, he is sincere and he doesn't mince words," Al-Jubeir said. "The message is, if the violence does not diminish, there will be grave consequences for the United States and its interests in the region."

The situation in the Palestinian lands has swiftly worsened since Israeli tanks rolled into Ramallah and shelled Arafat's compound there on March 29.

Arafat has been besieged by the Israeli army in his office building in Ramallah since then.

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