Posted on 12/15/2005 5:32:26 PM PST by Sabramerican
Egypt's Muslim Brothers brand Israel a 'cancer'
Mehdi Akef says he expects demise of Israel soon, its peace deal with Egypt should be put to referendum.
CAIRO - Israel is a "cancer" in the Middle East and its peace deal with Egypt should be submitted to a referendum, the leader of Egypt's Muslim Brothers said in an interview published Thursday.
"I declared that we will not recognize Israel which is an alien entity in the region. And we expect the demise of this cancer soon...," Mohammed Mehdi Akef told the state-owned English language Ahram Weekly.
Egypt signed a peace agreement with Israel in 1979, becoming the first Arab country to establish diplomatic ties with the Jewish state.
Islamists opposed to the deal assassinated President Anwar Sadat in 1981 for signing the Camp David accord and opposition to the normalisation of relations with Israel remains strong in Egypt.
Akef stopped short of demanding the peace agreement be scrapped but suggested it should be submitted to a popular referendum.
"That is for the people to decide... If I had the power I would put it to the people," he said.
The banned but tolerated Brotherhood won 20 percent of the seats in the 454-strong parliament, making it the largest opposition bloc in the house.
Maybe when 90% of the Egyptians vote against being at peace with Israel, it will wake up the idiots in Jerusalem.
So? As far as the civilized world is concerned, Islam is a boil on the world's ass.
The only reason that I would consider a rapid pull-out from Iraq is that there are so many poeple who need a good butt-whoopin' elsewhere.
The only cancer in the Middle East is those parts of the Arab population that is so hateful of Israel. If one wants to see the future when the Muslim Brotherhood holds sway, look no further than the Sudan.
Since you mentioned a rapid pullout: anyone else appreciate how the cries to destroy Israel have gotten louder since Israel's "magnanimous" surrender of Gaza?
I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss them. Afterall the old saying goes "it takes one to know one." If that saying is in fact correct, then the Muslim Brothers would really be good at spotting a cancer! :)
we expect the demise of this cancer soon...,"
Of course, we've been hearing this for fifty years but
I wonder if he has an expectation of an Iranian strike...
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What % of Palestinians voted against peace with Israel?
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