Egyptians Seek to End Former Regime’s Relations with Israel

Most Egyptians are against relations between Egypt and the Israeli regime and demand an end to the Camp David Accords signed by Tel Aviv and Cairo in 1979, a political analyst tells Press TV.

“Most of the Egyptians are against any relationship with Israel and they think Israel is an occupying regime|”, Kamel Wazni told Press TV on Monday. 

He made the statement after Egypt’s Higher Presidential Electoral Commission (HPEC) announced the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi had won the county’s presidential runoff on Sunday. 

People in Egypt want the Palestinians to have their legitimate right to have their land and I think the Islamic Brotherhood, if they want to be legitimate, have to honor the wish of the Egyptian people,” Wazni said. 

Pressure from public opinion is rising on the new Egyptian president to reconsider the ‘peace deal’ with the Israeli regime and revoke the Camp David Accords. 

“I do not know how long they will honor the Camp David agreement, maybe that would probably be in the first period of time but in the long run, if they continue to honor that, they will lose their credibility as real Islamic Brotherhood,” the analyst said.

The victory of the Muslim Brotherhood candidate has stirred concerns in the Israeli regime with media and officials warning of a difficult and vague future for Tel Aviv-Cairo ties.

Israeli officials fear that Morsi’s victory could bring an end to Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel as well as bilateral economic and security agreements, which are of vital importance to Tel Aviv. 

The Israeli media have described Morsi’s victory as a ‘dangerous development’ for Tel Aviv.