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Egypt's Morsi: 'Farce of Israeli aggression' against Gaza will end today

Published time: November 20, 2012 13:32
Edited time: November 20, 2012 21:39
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (AFP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

The “farce” of Israeli aggression will end on Tuesday, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said, expressing certainty that Israelis and Palestinians will shortly reach a ceasefire.

“The efforts to reach a ceasefire between the Palestinians and Israelis will produce positive results within a few hours," state news agency Mena quoted Morsi as saying.

However, President Morsi did not provide any evidence or cite any sources to support his assertions.

The announcement comes ahead of several crucial talks on the Israeli-Gaza conflict held by high-profile international officials.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Israel for peace talks on Tuesday. Later, the UN chief is expected to travel to Gaza to assess the humanitarian situation.

On Tuesday night, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due in Israel for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She is also expected to meet with officials from the Palestinian Authority, but not from Hamas, which is considered terrorist organization by the US.

Meanwhile, a delegation of top Arab officials led by Arab League chief Nabil Arabi is in Gaza in a show of solidarity with Palestinians. The delegates arrived through the Rafah border crossing near Egypt, and are set to meet with the Hamas government.

The delegation include representatives from more than 10 countries, including Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia and Turkey, Hamas officials said.

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All should read this..... (unregistered) 22.11.2012 10:52

Wnston Smith (unregistered) wrote in #2
Please read this before RT removes it.'The "farce" of Israel aggression will end on Tuesday'.Why is that?Does he know something that we don't.President Morsi betrayed Palestinians when he renewed 'Camp David agreement' with Zionists.Turkish government as a NATO member always looked after the interests of Zionism in middle east.Arab league always supported the Zionists agenda for the past 34 years and constantly  denied Palestinians right to liberate their country and cleansing the region from Zionism .Qatari Emir has been the worst traitor when visited Palestinian leaders and found out those who are not in favor of joining with Arab league to topple Assad and  passed on  the information to Mossad,so they can  be assassinated.Those martyred Palestinians leaders were all marked by Qatari Emir.The illogical and untimely aggression by military regime of Israel was a scam to involve these corrupt Arab ministers in Palestine in order to further fragment and weaken Palestinians.Islamic Jihad should do these Arab and Turkish ministers what Zionists did to Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders .This is a conspiracy.Russia,Ch ina,Iran,Iraq,Lebano n,Sudan and Syria should be aware of this plan and form a united policy against these despicable western stooges as soon as possible.

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Dimitri (unregistered) 22.11.2012 03:51

funky alfonzo (unregistered) wrote in #20
Since Hamas stabbed Syria in the back and joined Morsi and the muslem brotherhood, i as a Syrian consider Hamas a public enemy number one,i certainly hope that israel wipe them out completely .. the enemy of my enemy is my friend "temporarily" .. let Mosi and Al Saud and Erdogan help them ..FOOLS.


They are two traitors owned by Israhell and Western World. This was only to kill off fighters of Hamas who were not traitors. Civilians killed didn't matter to Morsi or Urdogan. Only pity for innocent people dying. Not for those that betrayed them to be paid by Israhell.

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funky alfonzo (unregistered) 20.11.2012 23:28

Since Hamas stabbed Syria in the back and joined Morsi and the muslem brotherhood, i as a Syrian consider Hamas a public enemy number one,i certainly hope that israel wipe them out completely .. the enemy of my enemy is my friend "temporarily" .. let Mosi and Al Saud and Erdogan help them ..FOOLS.

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