Word: mubarak
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir promised in a phone call that they would not allow the attack to threaten Israeli-Egyptian relations. But it could strengthen the hand of Israeli hard- liners at this week's crucial meeting of the Likud bloc's Central Committee. Industry and Trade Minister Ariel Sharon says the bus tragedy is proof that the Arabs want blood, not peace. He plans to load more amendments onto Shamir's already heavily encumbered plan for Palestinian elections...
...Egyptian- Israeli peace treaty was signed. And Syria remained the most stubborn holdout until last week, when Damascus and Cairo announced that the two countries would resume relations after a twelve-year hiatus. The restored ties will be celebrated sometime in January at a meeting between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Hafez Assad. One possibly helpful result of their detente: a moderation in Syrian opposition to current Middle East peace initiatives...
...longer support his aim of strategic parity with Israel. Now only Libya lacks diplomatic relations with Egypt, but even Tripoli is making an attempt to smooth its dealings with Cairo: last October Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi paid his first visit to Egypt in 16 years to meet with Mubarak. By all accounts the session was businesslike but amicable...