03.02.2011                     29.Shevat, 5771

Diplomatie:

Foreign Ministry seeks release of Israeli jailed in Egypt

Ministry officials said it was not yet clear why the Israeli had been in Suez in the first place, calling the matter particularly sensitive.

The Foreign Ministry was working intensively Thursday to secure the release of an Israeli who had been arrested by Egyptian security forces in the city of Suez during anti-government demonstrations there.
Ministry officials said it was not yet clear why the Israeli had been in Suez in the first place, calling the matter particularly sensitive. The ministry said it was working on a number of tracks to see him freed from detention as quickly as possible….