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| Netanyahu to discuss Shalit, Mideast peace with Mubarak |
| 2009-09-13 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to arrive this afternoon in Cairo to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Netanyahu is to ask Mubarak to put pressure on Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas to renew negotiations with Israel and to take part in a three-way summit with U.S. President Barack Obama during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly. Netanyahu and Mubarak are also expected to discuss the status of talks on the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Netanyahu and Mubarak are to meet privately and then be joined by others. They will then dine together when Mubarak breaks the day's Ramadan fast. Ties between Netanyahu and the Egyptian president have grown closer over the past six months; the two leaders speak by phone on a weekly basis. This is Netanyahu's second visit to Egypt since taking office, but in an unusual move, this time the meeting is in Cairo rather than Sharm el-Sheikh. The prime minister is expected to update Mubarak on his conversations with members of the American administration on the issue of construction in the settlements. He will also seek Mubarak's support for American efforts toward normalization between Israel and Arab states. Netanyahu and Mubarak are also expected to discuss the Iranian nuclear threat in light of the intent of Western countries to open a dialogue with Iran even before the U.N. General Assembly meets on September 23. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 I think "Negotiations" should only be "When will you surrender"? otherwise don't bother stepping into any Negotiating Place at all. I for one have hd more than enough of NORKS lies and treachery. I don't think they even know how to speak without Lying, it's so ingrained. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-09-13 12:26 |
| #2 I don'k know that nuclear weaponry is needed ... a conventional massive ordinance bomb would destroy the dam quite effectively. If one were to adopt that as a negotiating position. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-09-13 09:44 |
| #1 A tac nuke on Aswan dam would be, a lot, more practical. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-09-13 09:12 |