Egypt FM: Pro-Israeli lobby is harming our relations with U.S.
"Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Wednesday accused the Israeli lobby in Washington of straining its relations with the United States by using the issue of smuggling across the Gaza border as an excuse to cut U.S. military aid to Cairo.......
"The latest months have seen the Israeli lobby's efforts to harm Egypt's interests with the (U.S.)Congress," Aboul Gheit told reporters. "The Israeli lobby inside the Congress was behind some positions adopted by Congress and the Israeli media campaign in the last few months falls within this trend."......
On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) said during a visit to Jerusalem he was upset by the smuggling, and revived a proposal by Congress to cut aid if the issue was not addressed.
"Egypt can do a lot more," said Specter, a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee. "And if they don't, I think it would be appropriate to condition aid to them."......"
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