Israeli radio
reported that Tel Aviv apologized to Egypt for the incident, which occurred in
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old
City, last Saturday, where a number of policemen mistreated Egyptian diplomats
and a Coptic cleric.
Jacob Amitai,
Israel's ambassador in Cairo, made an apology yesterday during a meeting with a number of officials in
the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Israeli radio added.
Amitai said
"such behavior is not acceptable".
The Egyptian
Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that they summoned Amitai to protest against the mis-treatment of
the Egyptian embassy members in Tel Aviv.
Amr Rushdie, The
Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman,said "we made a strong worded protest
against the mis-treatment of the Egyptian embassy members in Tel Aviv ,while
they were on their way to attend Coptic Easter mass on
Sunday in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre ".
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