Egyptian delegation coming to Ramallah
An Egyptian delegation will visit Ramallah this week for the first time since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was deposed. The delegation will meet with 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President The official said that the delegation would be headed by Gen. Muhammad Ibrahim, a senior official with Egypt’s General Intelligence Service, the Mukhabarat.I'm surprised this delegation is showing up at all. I would guess that it is doing so under a lot of pressure from the United States. The Egyptians have better things to do with their time right now, and even the 'Palestinians' know it.
The decision to dispatch the delegation to Ramallah was taken by the Supreme Council of the Egyptian Army, which has been entrusted with running the affairs of the country since Mubarak stepped down.
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Nabil Amr, a former PA minister, said that the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank was worried about the departure of Mubarak from the political scene.
“The Mubarak regime was a close ally of the Palestinian leadership and President Mahmoud Abbas,” he pointed out. “But now the Palestinian Authority is cautious because the Egyptians are preoccupied with internal problems and don’t have time for Palestinian reconciliation.”
Labels: Egypt, Hamas-Fatah reconciliation, Muhammad Ibrahim
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:31 PM
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