JERUSALEM: THE DIRECTOR OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT PRESS OFFICE, URI DROMI COMMENTS ON A SUMMIT BETWEEN EGYPT, SYRIA AND SAUDI ARABIA

Record ID: 230455

  • Title: JERUSALEM: THE DIRECTOR OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT PRESS OFFICE, URI DROMI COMMENTS ON A SUMMIT BETWEEN EGYPT, SYRIA AND SAUDI ARABIA
  • Date: 30th December 1994
  • Summary: WEST JERUSALEM (DECEMBER 30, 1994) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. CU DIRECTOR OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT PRESS OFFICE, URI DROMI SPEAKING (ENGLISH) 0.47 SEQUENCE 1 TRANSCRIPT: DROMI :"IT WAS EGYPT WHO INITIATED AND PIONEERED THE FIRST SEPARATE PEACE WITH ISRAEL SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO SO NOW IT IS A BIT STRANGE THAT EGYPT NOW SUPPORTS THE REJECTIONIST POSITION OF SYRIA THAT ALL THE ARAB COUNTRIES SHOULD STAY TOGETHER AND NOT MAKE SEPERATE PEACE WITH ISRAEL. THE GOOD EXAMPLE OF EGYPT TRIGGERED THE ARAB STATES, JORDAN AND OTHERS AND THE PALESTINIANS TO SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES WITH ISRAEL ON PEACEFUL TERMS AND I HOPE THAT SYRIA WILL ALSO COME TO TERMS WITH THE NEW REALITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST" Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 14th January 1995 12:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM
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  • Story Text: Israel on Friday (December 30) said the united stance by Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia against the Jewish state was "rejectionism" of peace as the deadlock in mideast peace talks continued.

    The director of the Israeli government press office, Uri Dromi, made the comments in West Jerusalem after a two-day summit between Egyptian, Syrian and Saudi leaders in Egypt, which ended with criticism of Israel.

    The three leaders - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and Saudi King Fahd - expressed firm support for Syria in the deadlock over Israel's occupation of Syria's Golan Heights and south Lebanon.

    Dromi said: "It is a bit strange that now Egypt supports the rejectionism of Syria that all the Arab countries should stand together and not make separate peace with Israel... I hope that Syria will also come to terms with the new reality of the Middle East. Enough with this rejectionism. Let's talk peace. To stick to the rejectionism is very bad."
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