Israel asked Egypt to support Palestinian moderates. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom flew to Cairo on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has been key to efforts to secure calm in the Gaza Strip before Israel’s planned withdrawal from the territory this summer.
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