Wouldn't the absence of bombs qualify? Not according to the president of Egypt:
Palestinian rocket fire on southern Israeli communities is no reason to halt the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said. But one Israeli lawmaker said Mubarak's comments show that he has no respect for Israeli suffering.We live in a world that wants to ignore the root of the problem, let's just gloss over the real issues and talk about peace when there is no peace. Let's just sweep it all under the carpet and go forward with our peace plan until it all blows up in our face. The world can no longer do that, it's not safe. The enemy is engaged, why aren't we?
Egypt, considered by Washington as a moderate Arab State and a U.S. ally in the region, has played a central role as a Middle East broker on Israeli-Palestinian relations and in trying to calm the recent inter-Palestinian violence. Israel also is pressuring Egypt to take more action along the Egypt-Gaza border
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for firing two rockets at southern Israel on Friday. One of them crashed into the Israeli city of Sderot, causing some damage but no injuries other than emotional distress.
"These Kassam rockets, they'll fire them every other day," Mubarak said at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert following their meeting in Sharm e-Sheikh on Thursday evening.
"Shall we stop the peace process because one or two individuals fire rockets? We must proceed with the peace process," Mubarak said.
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