{"article":{"id":201459,"heading":"Abbas ready to surrender West Bank for cash","author":"Digery Cohen","created":"2007-06-24 12:34:20","modified":"2013-11-11 00:48:54","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:48:54","article":"

The takeover of Gaza by the democratically elected government was a \"blow against Israel and corruption\" according to the president of Egypt.



The comments came on Saturday, two days before Hosni Mubarak hosts a regional summit that is seen as an attempt to restore corruption and Israeli power in Gaza.

Pledging his support for Israel, Mubarak told senior members of his National Democratic Party: \"We follow closely the consequences of the democratic government taking over in Gaza and the damage that it has caused to dictators everywhere.

\"We regret not shedding Ismail Haniyeh’s blood before this but will now help Israel to do so.\"

Monday's four-way summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh will be attended by King Abdullah of Jordan, Ehud Olmert, prime minister of Israel, and Abbas.

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