Zahi Hawass on Nefertiti and Israel

http://www.signandsight.com/intodaysfeuilletons/1298.html

Die Welt 17.04.2007 Ulli Kulke portrays Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, who would very much like to bring the bust of Nefertiti - held in Berlin's Altes Museum - back home to Egypt: "Now he's starting to make threats. The famous bust the the pharao's wife should come home for at least three months, he says. If not, he will 'never again organise archaeological exhibitions in Germany,' as he said recently to the Egyptian parliament. And now he's told a recent congress of Arab antiquities authorities that he's ready to stop all cooperation with foreign institutions engaging in joint archaeological work with Israel. Kulke comments: 'It's to be assumed that Hawass was primarily addressing a domestic audience. People in Cairo say he's got his eyes on the presidency - and that the future of the country belongs to this extremely popular man.' "
The much longer article that the above brief piece refers to is at:
http://www.welt.de/kultur/article813540/Der_Mann_der_Nofretete_wiederhaben_will.html

Unfortunately I don't speak more than a few words of German, and I dread to think what a translation engine would make of it, so I can't have a go at summarizing this in more detail, but German speakers should look at this URL for the full story, as written by Ulli Kulke herself.