MK Ben-Eliezer: Israel offered political asylum to Mubarak

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MK Benjamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor) told Army Radio on Wednesday that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak political asylum several months ago.

Ben-Eliezer's statement came on the same day that Mubarak was transported from Sharm el-Sheikh to Cairo to stand trial for conspiring to kill protesters during demonstrations that led to his ouster earlier this year.

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"I met in Sharm el-Sheikh and I told him that it was a short distance and that it might be a good chance to heal himself," Ben-Eliezer told Army Radio. "I am convinced that the Israel government would have accepted him but he declined because he was a patriot

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/mk-ben-eliezer-israel-offered-political-asylum-to-mubarak-1.376721

[Jefferson23]

1. LOL, really now...that would have made some photo op and headline.n/t

[Jefferson23]

2. Netanyahu aide denies Israel offered Egypt's Mubarak asylum

An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denied a claim that Israel offered asylum to Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak several months ago.

The claim came from lawmaker MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor), a former Israeli defense minister, army general and longtime friend of the ousted Egyptian leader. He told Army Radio he proposed that Mubarak seek asylum in Israel's Red Sea port city of Eilat, on Israel's border with Egypt's Sinai desert.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/netanyahu-aide-denies-israel-offered-egypt-s-mubarak-asylum-1.376804

[oberliner]

3. Another BS so-called "statement:" that never actually took place

And the hits just keep on coming...