PA speaker Dr. Fathi Sorour received a new invitation from the Knesset speaker to visit Israel. Sorour denied what was printed in some newspapers about him not minding to visit the Israeli Knesset. "They did not print all I said," he explained. He said he would visit the Knesset only if requested by the Egyptian Parliament, which is impossible because Parliament condemns the Israeli anti-peace stances.
Sorour referred to his previous statements to Al-Masry Al-Youm when he said he would not visit Israel unless peace is achieved, the Palestinian State is established and Israel withdraws from the occupied territories.