Israeli Minister Says Egypt Bears Equal Responsibility for Gaza
(World News Egypt)

An aerial view of the Gaza Strip. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Egypt bears as much responsibility for the Gaza Strip as Israel does, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Monday, in remarks that could upset Cairo as it tries to avoid being drawn back into the Palestinian enclave while brokering truce talks there. In parallel to UN mediation, Egypt has used its contacts with both Israel and the dominant Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to discuss ways of calming a more than three-month-old surge in confrontations along the Israel-Gaza border. But some Egyptian officials say they would resist any attempt by Israel, or its US