Thursday, June 21, 2007

Egypt: Monday's summit aims to boost Abbas, isolate Hamas

Egypt said Thursday its call for a summit of Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian leaders aims to boost Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas as the U.S. ally moved to isolate the Hamas militant group after its takeover of Gaza.
A day after Monday's summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is to hold talks with Saudi King Abdullah, aiming to unify a bloc of Arab nations in support of Abbas and against Hamas.
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1 comment:

William said...

Interesting - Am I the only one with any sympathy for Hamas in all this?