President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt said here Wednesday that while the Israeli policy of settlements in the occupied territories represents a regression to colonial concepts, the recognition of the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people does not in any way contradict Israel’s security and right to live in peace.
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