Mubarak Criticizes Hamas and Hezbollah
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had tough words for Hamas and Hezbollah Tuesday. In an interview with the state-owned Al-Watani Al-Youm, often described as the president’s “official mouthpiece,” he stated: “Igniting the situation to achieve limited gains means losing sight of the main Palestinian goal of obtaining an independent state." He indicated that what he said about "the Palestinian resistance also applied to the Lebanese resistance." "Nobody doubts the right of peoples to resist occupation forces,” he told Al-Watani Al-Youm. “But this resistance should take gains and losses into account." "The Israeli escalation in Lebanon is dragging the entire region onto a slippery slope," he warned, adding that the “Lebanese people and the Palestinian people are paying the price."
