<span word="BBC">BBCspan> <span word="News">Newsspan> <span word="with">withspan> <span word="Victoria">Victoriaspan> <span word="Meakin">Meakinspan>.

<span word="The">Thespan> <span word="day">dayspan> <span word="after">afterspan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="overthrow">overthrowspan> <span word="of">ofspan> <span word="President">Presidentspan> <span word="Hosni">Hosnispan> <span word="Mubarak">Mubarakspan> <span word="in">inspan> <span word="a">aspan> <span word="popular">popularspan>

<span word="uprising">uprisingspan>

, <span word="Egypt">Egyptspan> <span word="has">hasspan> <span word="taken">takenspan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="first">firstspan>

<span word="tentative">tentativespan>

<span word="steps">stepsspan> <span word="towards">towardsspan> <span word="normality">normalityspan>.

<span word="The">Thespan> <span word="military">militaryspan> <span word="council">councilspan> <span word="that">thatspan>&<span word="rsquo">rsquospan>;<span word="s">sspan> <span word="taken">takenspan> <span word="over">overspan> <span word="power">powerspan> <span word="from">fromspan> <span word="Mr">Mrspan> <span word="Mubarak">Mubarakspan> <span word="has">hasspan> <span word="pledged">pledgedspan> <span word="to">tospan> <span word="oversee">overseespan> <span word="a">aspan> <span word="transition">transitionspan> <span word="to">tospan> <span word="civilian">civilianspan> <span word="rule">rulespan>, <span word="and">andspan> <span word="it">itspan>'<span word="s">sspan> <span word="promised">promisedspan> <span word="that">thatspan> <span word="Egypt">Egyptspan> <span word="will">willspan> <span word="respect">respectspan> <span word="its">itsspan> <span word="international">internationalspan> <span word="agreements">agreementsspan>, <span word="a">aspan> <span word="move">movespan> <span word="welcomed">welcomedspan> <span word="by">byspan> <span word="Israel">Israelspan> <span word="with">withspan> <span word="which">whichspan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="country">countryspan> <span word="has">hasspan> <span word="a">aspan> <span word="peace">peacespan> <span word="treaty">treatyspan>, <span word="as">asspan> <span word="Jon">Jonspan> <span word="Donnison">Donnisonspan> <span word="reports">reportsspan> <span word="from">fromspan> <span word="Jerusalem">Jerusalemspan>.

<span word="A">Aspan> <span word="just">justspan> <span word="three">threespan> <span word="lines">linesspan>&<span word="rsquo">rsquospan>;, <span word="Prime">Primespan> <span word="Minister">Ministerspan> <span word="Netanyahu">Netanyahuspan>&<span word="rsquo">rsquospan>;<span word="s">sspan> <span word="statement">statementspan> <span word="was">wasspan> <span word="brief">briefspan>. <span word="He">Hespan> <span word="welcomed">welcomedspan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="announcement">announcementspan> <span word="made">madespan> <span word="by">byspan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="Egyptian">Egyptianspan> <span word="military">militaryspan> <span word="that">thatspan> <span word="Egypt">Egyptspan> <span word="will">willspan> <span word="continue">continuespan> <span word="to">tospan> <span word="honour">honourspan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="peace">peacespan> <span word="treaty">treatyspan> <span word="with">withspan> <span word="Israel">Israelspan>. <span word="Mr">Mrspan> <span word="Netanyahu">Netanyahuspan> <span word="added">addedspan> <span word="that">thatspan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="deal">dealspan> <span word="signed">signedspan> <span word="in">inspan> 1979 <span word="was">wasspan> <span word="the">thespan>

<span word="cornerstone">cornerstonespan>

<span word="for">forspan> <span word="peace">peacespan> <span word="and">andspan> <span word="stability">stabilityspan> <span word="in">inspan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="entire">entirespan> <span word="Middle">Middlespan> <span word="East">Eastspan>. <span word="Israel">Israelspan> <span word="is">isspan> <span word="concerned">concernedspan> <span word="about">aboutspan> <span word="events">eventsspan> <span word="in">inspan> <span word="Egypt">Egyptspan>. <span word="It">Itspan> <span word="has">hasspan> <span word="been">beenspan>

<span word="talking">talkingspan> <span word="up">upspan>

<span word="the">thespan> <span word="threat">threatspan> <span word="posed">posedspan> <span word="by">byspan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="Egyptian">Egyptianspan> <span word="Islamist">Islamistspan> <span word="movement">movementspan>, <span word="the">thespan> <span word="Muslim">Muslimspan> <span word="Brotherhood">Brotherhoodspan>.

<span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhilespan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="authorities">authoritiesspan> <span word="have">havespan> <span word="also">alsospan>

<span word="impose">imposespan>

<span word="d">dspan> <span word="travel">travelspan> <span word="bans">bansspan> <span word="on">onspan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="former">formerspan> <span word="Prime">Primespan> <span word="Minister">Ministerspan> <span word="Ahmed">Ahmedspan> <span word="Nazif">Nazifspan> <span word="and">andspan> <span word="two">twospan> <span word="of">ofspan> <span word="his">hisspan> <span word="colleagues">colleaguesspan>.

<span word="Tens">Tensspan> <span word="of">ofspan> <span word="thousands">thousandsspan> <span word="of">ofspan> <span word="riot">riotspan> <span word="police">policespan> <span word="have">havespan> <span word="disrupted">disruptedspan> <span word="a">aspan> <span word="rally">rallyspan> <span word="in">inspan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="Algerian">Algerianspan> <span word="capital">capitalspan> <span word="Algiers">Algiersspan>, <span word="which">whichspan> <span word="was">wasspan> <span word="calling">callingspan> <span word="for">forspan> <span word="better">betterspan> <span word="living">livingspan> <span word="conditions">conditionsspan> <span word="and">andspan> <span word="greater">greaterspan> <span word="political">politicalspan> <span word="freedom">freedomspan>. <span word="Several">Severalspan> <span word="hundred">hundredspan> <span word="people">peoplespan> <span word="have">havespan> <span word="gathered">gatheredspan> <span word="in">inspan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="city">cityspan> <span word="centre">centrespan> <span word="for">forspan> <span word="the">thespan> <span word="protest">protestspan> <span word="and">andspan> <span word="some">somespan>

<span word="scuffle">scufflespan>

s

broke out

, but the heavy police presence meant the demonstration dispersed within hours.