Sunday, January 1, 2012

Egypt's New Government In Waiting Vows Not To Recognize Israel, And To Cancel The Peace Treaty

Photo by: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany

Muslim Brotherhood Vows Not To Recognize Israel -- Jerusalem Post

Egyptian party's deputy leader tells 'al-Hayat' that they won't negotiate with Israel, will seek to cancel peace treaty.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood will not recognize Israel "under any circumstance," the party's deputy leader Dr Rashad Bayoumi told Arabic daily al-Hayat in an interview publish Sunday.

In recent Egyptian elections the party list led by the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) won 36.3 percent of the list vote, while the ultra-conservative Salafi al-Nour Party took 28.8%.

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Update: Muslim Brotherhood Plans to Cancel Peace Pact with Israel -- Arutz Sheva

My Comment: This is huge news in the Middle East right now .... but the U.S. media is quiet, and no comment from the White House or the State Department.

2 comments:

el chupacabra said...

Your comment had 3 components- none of which were a surprise- especially the last 2 parts.

Liam Ryan said...

^^ A completely pointless comment above with no value at all.