The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Secretary-General Safwat al-Sharif has accused Israel of practicing state terrorism and guerrilla war against the unarmed Palestinian people. Al-Sharif, the Shura Council (advisory council) Speaker, has called on Israel to comply with the UN Security Council resolution No. 1860, stressing that Egypt will never abandon the Palestinian cause. This came during a conference by the NDP in Rafah during a visit to Arish and Mubarak hospitals to check on the Palestinian injured. In addition, the NDP leaders have visited the Rafah crossing and handed over an aid caravan including 11 well-equipped ambulances and 28 other vehicles loaded with medical and food aid to the Palestinian Red Crescent. State Minister for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Mufid Shehab has stressed that Egypt honorably shouldered the burden of defending the Palestinian cause. There is no sane person in the world can say that a people and a government paid more than Egypt and the Egyptians for the Palestinians.
