ALJAZEERA: Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has reiterated his country’s commitment to peace with Egypt, hours after a mob attacked Israel’s embassy in Cairo.
The Israeli ambassador and scores of embassy staff were evacuated from Egypt following Friday night’s attack, that also threatened to unravel the peace treaty signed by the two countries 32 years ago.
pects had been arrested following the attack, the Egyptian interior ministry said.
[Egypt’s information minister Osama Hassan ] Heikal said Egyptian authorities would apply “all articles of the emergency law to ensure safety” following the embassy attack, and respect international conventions regarding the protection of diplomatic missions… (more)
