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Friday, September 16, 2011

For the Egyptian Prime Minister, the treaty with Israel is not "sacred"



The Israeli Foreign Ministry summoned the Egyptian ambassador in Israel to protest against a statement by the Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, who said that the peace treaty with Israel "is not sacred," Israeli website reported on Friday Ynet. When asked, a spokesman for Foreign Affairs declined to comment.
During the thirty-minute interview Friday at the Ministry in Jerusalem, the Director General of Foreign Affairs, Rafi Barak, has served on the Ambassador of Egypt, Yasser Reda, Israel "not envisaged a revision of the peace treaty at Camp David in 1979 which, in any case could not be done unilaterally, "according to Ynet.
"The Treaty may be changed"
In an interview with Turkish television, Mr. Sharaf said the peace treaty with Israel in 1979 was not "something sacred," according to comments reported by the official news agency MENA. "The Treaty of Camp David can always be discussed or modified in the interest of the region or simply for peace. The peace treaty may be changed," Sharaf said, adding that "the root the problem and the problem in the Middle East is the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. "
These comments come against a backdrop of tensions between Tel Aviv and Cairo after the Israeli embassy in Egypt, a symbol of peace concluded in 1979, was invaded on Friday night during a violent demonstration. Three people were killed and a thousand others injured in clashes with police that followed.
Relations between the two countries have crossed a very serious crisis after the death of five Egyptian policemen, killed Aug. 18 while the Israeli army was pursuing perpetrators of attacks in the area of ​​Eilat, near the border with Egypt.
Activists in February that caused the fall of President Hosni Mubarak demanded a revision of the peace treaty and are supported by the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, which does not however require the breaking of the treaty.

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