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Brotherhood: Decision on peace up to 'entire people'

Muslim Brotherhood spokesman says decision on Egypt's peace treaty with Israel up to entire people, 'nobody can wipe out a treaty with a pen.' Cairo must not help 'starve' Gaza residents, he adds

The Muslim Brotherhood said on Friday that any decision on Egpt's peace treaty with Israel was up to the Egyptian people and it would not impose its view on them.

 

"The decision on the treaty does not belong to the Brotherhood, it belongs to the entire Egyptian people," said Essam al-Erian, a spokesman for the Islamist group, in an interview with Al Arabiya television.

 

"The important thing is the position of the Egyptian people and not the Brotherhood," Erian said. "The Brotherhood will not impose their vision on the Egyptian people. The Brotherhood is part of society that accepts what the Egyptians accept and nobody can wipe out a treaty with a pen," he added.

 

Erian did not set out the Brotherhood's position on the accords, signed on behalf of Egypt by President Anwar Sadat in 1979. Peace with Israel was a defining feature of the era of President Hosni Mubarak, toppled last week by a popular uprising.

 

Egypt's military, which has closed defense ties to the United States, is currently running the country. It has said it remains committed to Egypt's international and regional treaties.

 

Erian also said the Brotherhood supported the opening of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, opened only sporadically for people to cross by the Egyptian authorities.

 

The Brotherhood was one of the vocal critics of Egypt's cooperation with Israel in blockading the Gaza Strip, which is governed by Hamas, which shares the ideology of the Brotherhood.

 

Erian said: "I think that the injustice imposed on the people of Gaza must be lifted, the crossing must be opened, and Egypt must not take part in killing and starving an entire people under siege."

 

 


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