Egyptian-American efforts for achieving breakthrough on Palestinian track

"Palestinians have the right to restore all their territories occupied by Israel in 1967 regardless of the settlements that have been built," Egyptian Presidential Political Advisor Osama al-Baz said.

"These settlements were illegally built and any settler living in any of them knows for sure that he is risking many things," said al-Baz in statements to the press at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry in Cairo on Saturday.

"The construction of such settlements is tantamount to a hush money to the extremist settlers or a message of intimidation to the Palestinians implying that any delay in solving the problem will trigger grave consequences," he added.

Baz expounded that a breakthrough on the Palestinian track is still likely, noting that Cairo and Washington are exerting efforts in that direction.