- CAIRO - Egyptian president
Hosni Mubarak has called for Israel to come under the same international
pressure as Iraq to give up its weapons of mass destruction, and urged
the United Nations to pass a resolution to ban the Jewish state from holding
these weapons.
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- Speaking in a new parliamentary session Saturday, Mubarak
accused Israel of lacking the political will to negotiate and reach a peace
settlement with the Palestinians and end the ongoing vicious cycle of bloodshed
in the region.
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- - Despite several [peace] initiatives, plans and road
maps, Israel does not have the political will to enter into serious negotiations
to establish a sovereign Palestinian state and to withdrawal from Syrian
and Lebanese territories, Mubarak said.
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- In his speech before the Peoples Assembly, Egypts President
said that one of the elements of comprehensive and just peace in the Middle
East is to have the region cleansed from weapons of mass destruction, starting
with Israel.
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- The Egyptian leader pinpointed that UN Security Resolution
1441 passed unanimously on November 08, requiring Iraq to disarm its alleged
weapons of mass destruction or face serious consequences, should be applied
to Israel alike.
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- We are still demanding the application of the same measures
to Israel, Mubarak said, emphasizing that the Jewish state should get rid
of all its capabilities in the field of weapons of mass destruction.
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- Hurled with a loud clatter of applause, he also said
his countrys support for ongoing efforts to have Iraqs weapons capability
inspected, was equally matched with a determination to put Israel under
the same inspection.
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- Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear warheads,
and Egypt and other Arab states have persistently called for world pressure
to oblige Israel to give up its nuclear weapons. In a Nov. 10 resolution,
the Arab League urged the Security Council to force Israel to abandon these
weapons.
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- Redistributed via Press International News Agency (PINA).
- http://www.palestine-pmc.com
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