(Telegraph-UK) - Two days after meeting President Bush at Camp David and receiving a £2 billion U.S. aid package for the next five years, Pakistani President Pervaiz Musharraf said the media should have an open debate about the merits of recognizing Israel. He said: "There should be no emotionalism of the extremists. What is our dispute with Israel? We should think." Maulana Fazlur Rehman, secretary-general of the Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal, an alliance of six Islamic parties, said: "Gen. Musharraf has no right to recognize Israel and if any action is taken at any level, the MMA would launch a mass agitation to overthrow him."
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