The Rev. Jesse Jackson praised the meetings in Morocco between Israeli Premier Shimon Peres and King Hassan II as well as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s support for the talks.
This occurred Wednesday during a celebration of the 34th anniversary of the Egyptian revolution at the Egyptian Embassy, according to Hyman Bookbinder of the American Jewish Committee. He was one of six Jewish representatives among the 140 persons attending the ceremony.
When Ambassador Abdel Raouf Reedy asked Jackson to speak, the Black civil rights leader praised the talks going on in Morocco. Jackson congratulated the Ambassador for Mubarak’s support of the talks. He said Mubarak had demonstrated the “same courage” shown by the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
Bookbinder said it was “very gratifying” to hear these words from “a man like Jackson.” Bookbinder also expressed privately to the Ambassador his praise for Mubarak’s position. (By David Friedman)
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