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Old 08-27-2011, 16:33   #1
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Egyptian Parliamentarians Want Eilat

Egyptian Parliamentarians Want Eilat

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/147236

"In the wake of recent reports of a joint Israeli-Jordanian plan to link the Red Sea on the Israeli side and the Dead Sea on the Jordanian Side, parliamentarians in Egypt are agitating for the nation's caretaker junta to demand Israel surrender the port-city of Eilat..............................."

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"...........Of note is that amidst the debate between Egyptian MP and Foreign Ministry officials, no mention is made of possible legitimate Israeli sovereignty of Eilat. The debate in Cairo has two camps: the Foreign Ministry which claims that Eilat belongs to the Palestinians, and the opposition MPs who claim that Eilat belongs to Egypt.........................."

Gee, what's happened to the place since HB went on vacation?
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Old 08-27-2011, 17:53   #2
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Ah, the Arab spring....I knew all along it would flower into a peaceful democracy
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