Egypt's Mubarak warns entire Mideast peace process could collapse

[Scurrilous]

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"Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whose Arab country was the first to sign a peace treaty with Israel, warned Monday that the entire Middle East peace process could collapse because of Israel's fighting in Lebanon.

"Egypt, which triggered the peace process, warns of the consequences of its collapse," Mubarak said in a nationwide televised statement. "The Israeli aggression undermines the opportunities to continue it."

He added: "There is an urgent need for an unconditional cease-fire which would pave the way for international efforts to end the crisis and deal with its consequences."

Mubarak is under domestic fire from opposition groups for his refusal to revoke Egypt's 1979 peace treaty with Israel. His statement came a day after Israel's deadliest attack on Lebanon since fighting broke out July 12 between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas. The air strike Sunday on the southern Lebanese village of Qana killed at least 56 people - more than half of them children - and sparked outrage across the Arab world.

Mubarak said Monday he had told Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to increase Egypt's diplomatic endeavors to defuse the crisis."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/744705.html

[keta11]

1. All talk no action n/t

[endarkenment]

2. Decadent corrupt despots desperate to cover their asses.

Mubarak now joins the list of Middle East despots worried about keeping their billions intact along with their heads attached as the situation descends into total chaos.

But I ask 'what middle east peace process'?

[nomo]

3. There was a peace process? n/t

[kenny blankenship]

6. It's like the digestive process

especially at the end.

[LeftistGorilla]

4. Could collapse?

[Odin2005]

5. Mubarak's our bitch, so he's just covering his ass.

[Laotra]

7. Peace process?

Rabin's murderer and Bibi killed the peace process. Clinton's "attempt" and Road Map were not peace processes.

There's Arab Peace Initiative and Geneva Accord free to use, but there's no partner for peace in Israel.

[Sretto]

8. What process?

The one where everybody gets to kill Jews with impunity?