Sorry no, this is only a move to institute a referendum to reflect the opinion of the majority as Egypt is now transitioning into a democracy. Something that was absent under Sadat's regime. It is for the people to decide the much imposed foreign relations with Israel, under Mubarak, which has long been a source of resentment for many Egyptians.
The same people who favour the MB. good chances they will favour their stance of 'not recognizing Israel under any circumstances'.
Secondly as the MB spokesman has said They are not militarizing the Sinai and they are not closing off international waterways despite what idiots and warmongerers are trying to implicate.
Somehow, non of this is comforting. if they truly nullify the agreements with Israel it will speak volumes. and will reflect on the region.
for example as an Israeli, it will turn me to the position of not returning the Golan Heights, because as far as I know a new Syrian regime might nullify any agreement which includes the Golan Heights. my family fought in the Sinai peninsula, and our government returned the peninsula in order to establish an agreement with Egypt. it might be very arbitrary for you, and apparently to many Egyptians, but not to us as Israelis.
No treaties forced through by dictators have very little credibility in a democratic Egypt. lol wat Either you're stuck in the age of Nasserism or you've been watching too many Egyptian dramasIt's only a treaty of great magnitude because Egypt was the first country to recognize Israel. Egyptians have the right to revise that.
Really? because Egypt is considered very powerful in the Arab League and the African Union. Al Jazeera seems to agree with me with calling Egypt "the most important and influential Arab country".
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/06/201169141952438611.html
I'm surprised you know so little about this. considering that except one case, it is always an Egyptian who is chief in the Arab League.
It reflects the age of American back dictators in support of Israel and is something that needs to be addressed.Weren't you talking about how these revolutions would never succeed early on?
What I was talking about actually happened. early on I said that the MB would gain its momentum because of it, and this is what happened, the youth who started the revolution did not succeed in what they aimed for.
here is what ElBaradei has to say about this: "Egypt's top reformist leader said Sunday the liberal youth behind the country's uprising have been "decimated" in parliamentary elections dominated by Islamists and expressed concern about the rise of hard-line religious elements advocating extremist ideas such as banning women from driving.
Mohamed ElBaradei, a Nobel Prize laureate and possible presidential candidate, said he hopes moderate Islamists will rein in the extremists and send a reassuring message to the world that Egypt will not go down an ultraconservative religious path.
"The youth feel let down. They don't feel that any of the revolution's goals have been achieved," ElBaradei told The Associated Press in an interview on the same day electoral authorities announced that Islamist parties captured an overwhelming majority of votes in the first round of elections last week. "They got decimated," he said, adding the youth failed to unify and form "one essential critical mass."
Youth of Egypt's revolution 'decimated' in vote - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - msnbc.com
Never the less yes, the long awaited time has come that both Arab leaders and Western powers acknowledge the power of public opinion.
See above. which public opinion are you talking about? the MB had only a little role in the revolutions. they simply benefited most out of them.
Gone are the days of dealing with monarchs and dictators ignoring the sentiments of the common people.
I hope your optimism is not misplaced. aren't you expecting too much? the people who began this revolution in Egypt hoped for the same. now they seem to be 'decimated'.
We'll see how long that lasts in the WB and Gaza if the unity deal fails and how long it lasts with increasing conflicts between ultra-orthodox Israeli Jews
The Ultra-Orthodox in Israel: A Clash of Cultures in the Holy Land - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
And didn't they recently dress up with Holocaust Stars of David? The increasing numbers of Ultra-Orthodox is in a race with the number of Arabs. I, along with many others, wonder what will happen when the Palestinian demographic bomb hits and Israel can no longer call itself a Jewish state solely based on simply numbers.
Arabs have said many times that Israel will cease to exist because of Arab overpopulation. in fact they have said it for quite a while. but not only it did not happen, but factors such as education actually decreased the size of the Palestinian Arab household. furthermore the strategy of overcrowding yourself enough to gain control has always been ****** and only made the people who overpopulated get into more hardships.
as for the issue with the ultra-orthodox in Israel at the moment, do you even know what this is about? do you see anyone directing a revolution against the Israeli government? there is no logic whatsoever in comparing it to the situation in Arab countries where tens of thousands have been killed. the Israeli situation is a case in which the secular public and many religious people with them protest against another segment of the public.
And what exactly does that have to do with what's at hand? Is the MB militarizing the Sinai, no they are not.
It's pretty tragic the way you trivialize this. the Sinai was returned in an agreement. the nation who may nullify such an agreement loses credibility. and like I said it will effect the region and the credibility of the Arabs in the world at large.
however, I will comment that Iran, and not Israel may be considered as the country who threatens the Sunni balance of power in the middle east. and nations such as Saudi Arabia, gulf states, and Egypt and other Sunni countries with them will still maintain the tensions with Iran which have built up.
