Egypt Agrees to Delay on Taba Border Ruling
From Reuters
JERUSALEM —
Egypt has agreed to postpone implementation of an international ruling on the Taba border dispute with Israel until after Israel’s general elections, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
An international arbitration panel awarded Egypt the 765-yard Red Sea resort last month. Israel held onto the strip after withdrawing from the rest of the Sinai Peninsula in 1982 under a U.S.-brokered peace treaty with Egypt.
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