Abbas arrives in Cairo for talks with Mursi
Published 15 May 2013 16:35
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CAIRO (Ma'an) -- President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for
talks with his Egyptian counterpart Muhammad Mursi, the PA ambassador to
Egypt said.

Barakat al-Farra told Ma'an the presidents would meet on Thursday and
discuss the Arab League's recent visit to Washington, the peace process and
Palestinian reconciliation.

Hamas and Fatah held talks in Cairo on Tuesday and agreed to form a unity
government within three months, Hamas' deputy politburo chief Moussa Abu
Marzouq told Ma'an.

The ambassador said Abbas and Mursi would also discuss Israeli violations in
Jerusalem, including attacks on the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and against
Christians.

Israel apologized to Cairo after police violence against Egyptian diplomats
during the Holy Fire ceremony at Jerusalem's Holy Sepulcher church on
Orthodox Easter.

According to public radio, three Egyptian diplomats and a Coptic priest were
hit by Israeli police during the Holy Fire ceremony, a centuries-old sacred
rite which takes place in the church on the night of Orthodox Easter.

Footage posted on the Internet show a group of police manhandling a Coptic
priest in Jerusalem's Old City, with one officer locking the priest's head
in his arm.