(AP/Jerusalem Post) An American plan for reform in the Middle East drew a mass protest Tuesday at the University of Menoufia, north of Cairo. "Be wary of the Greater Middle East Initiative!" read a banner. "It is a great deception and a project aimed at benefiting Zionism." The Middle East Initiative, modeled on the 1975 Helsinki pact that the West used to press for greater freedom in the Soviet bloc, urges Arab states to undertake major political and economic reforms, especially to advance women and promote human rights.
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