Israel apologized to Egypt for evicting three Egyptian diplomats from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
The diplomats were part of a group of Egyptians who were removed from
the church during Saturday night Mass in advance of Easter Sunday
according to the Coptic calendar. The group was led by Egypt's deputy
ambassador to Israel, its highest-ranking diplomatic official there.
Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin offered the verbal apology on
Thursday, a day after Israel’s ambassador in Cairo, Yaakov Amitai, was
summoned by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Amitai was issued a
“strongly worded” complaint over the incident, Egyptian Foreign
Ministry spokesman Amr Roshdy said, according to the Times of Israel.
Also during the meeting, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry criticized the
detention of the grand mufti of Jerusalem by Israel Police and alleged
airstrikes by Israel on targets in Syria, according to reports.
Egypt reportedly also is demanding a written apology for the diplomatic incident.
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Thursday, 9 May 2013
Israel apologizes to Egypt over diplomats’ eviction from church
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