Important News
- Cabinet condemns Israel’s resumption of land settlement process in Area “C”; reaffirms support for displaced families in Tulkarm
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- Israeli forces attack Palestinians with tear gas and stun grenades in Hebron, causing suffocation cases and fire to break out
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- Elderly sustains injury in colonists’ attack in southern West Bank
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- Prisoners' organizations: Escalating and systematic violations against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons in April
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- Israeli colonists continue attacking Palestinians, their properties in Masafer Yatta
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- Palestinian national heritage committee calls on UNESCO to immediately intervene to stop Israeli violations at Sebastia archaeological site
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- PCBS: 77 years after Nakba, Palestinian population has increased nearly 10-fold
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- German Government alarmed by developments in Gaza
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- One killed, others injured in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza city
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- Cabinet holds meeting in Tulkarm; PM affirms government continues efforts to alleviate residents' suffering
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- Israeli forces continue to demolish homes in Nour Shams camp amid ongoing offensive
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- Armed colonists graze their sheep near Palestinian residents' homes south of Hebron
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- UN organizations: 2.1 million Gazans face starvation, as Israeli genocide continues
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Egypt's Parliament Speaker: Israel Responsible for Crisis of Stranded Palestinian Pilgrims
CAIRO, December 30, 2007 (WAFA) - Egyptian People's Assembly (parliament) Speaker Fatehi Sorrour said Sunday Israel was the one responsible for the crisis of Palestinian pilgrims who were left stranded at the borders between Egypt and Gaza Strip.
"Egypt did not prevent the Palestinian pilgrims from returning to their homeland, Israel is the one that did so," Sorrour told Egyptian MPs who raised the issue during a parliament session.
"In so doing Israel is violating the basic human rights of the Palestinians and committing a new crime against the Palestinians," the chief parliamentarian said.
"To prevent Muslim pilgrims from returning to their homes is a most heinous crime being committed by Israel.
"Israel needs to recognize the importance of respect for human rights. Egypt is trying to convince Israel of ensuring the safety of the Palestinian pilgrims.
"Regrettably, Israel insists that the pilgrims should return through an Israeli crossing point, instead of Rafah, in order to arrest them," Sorrour revealed.
