Saudi King Urges 'Wisdom' in Gaza, Israel Clashes
Saudi King Abdullah has called for reason and wisdom during a telephone conversation with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in which he discussed the latest clashes between Gaza and Israel, state news agency SPA reported.
The monarch, whose country is a heavyweight in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, told Morsi "that things must calm down and reason and wisdom must reign over passionate reactions," SPA said late on Thursday.
The Egyptian president called King Abdullah on Thursday evening to discuss "bilateral relations and the situation in the region as well as developments in the Palestinian territories," it said.
Egypt's Islamist president -- who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood movement that gave birth to Hamas -- warned on Thursday that Egypt would not accept Israel's "aggression" in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Agence France Presse
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