The World - News from March 27, 1985
Egypt, marking the sixth anniversary of its peace treaty with Israel, accused the Israelis of violating “the letter and spirit” of the U.S.-mediated accord through its actions in the West Bank and other occupied territories. Butros Butros Ghali, Egypt’s deputy foreign minister, who played a key role in negotiating the 1979 treaty, made the accusations in an interview with the state-owned Cairo daily newspaper Al Akhbar. He referred to Israel’s “oppressive measures” in southern Lebanon, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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