Palestinian refugees: championed by Arab world yet treated like outcasts

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By Paul Garwood and Maggie Michael, Associated Press
January 4, 2004

CAIRO, Egypt — As the foreign minister of Egypt, the largest Arab country, Ahmed Maher might have expected a warmer welcome from Palestinians when he joined their worshippers in Jerusalem.

But the scuffles that erupted at Al Aqsa Mosque last month, with Islamic extremists yelling "You are collaborating with the killers of Muslims," underscored a strong current of discontent among many Palestinians toward Arab states.

http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/nation_world_news/article/0,1713,BDC_2420_2551148,00.html

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1. Palestinians

know a sell-out when they see one.

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2. I suspect that this story belongs in the I/P forum. (nt)

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3. many eyptians

find the political establishment in egypt distasteful as well.