Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament votes in support of expelling Israel’s ambassador
CAIRO — Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament unanimously voted on Monday in support of expelling Israel’s ambassador in Cairo and halting gas exports to the Jewish state.
The motion is largely symbolic, because only the ruling military council can make such decisions, and it is not likely to impact Egypt’s relations with Israel. But it signals the seismic change in Egypt after the ouster of longtime leader and Israel ally Hosni Mubarak a year ago in a popular uprising that ended his 29 years in power.
The vote was taken by a show of hands on a report by the chamber’s Arab affairs committee that declared Egypt will “never” be a friend, partner or ally of Israel. The report described Israel as the nation’s “number one enemy” and endorsed what it called Palestinian resistance “in all its kinds and forms” against Israel’s “aggressive policies.”
...There have been bouts of tension in relations between the two neighbors, mostly over Israel’s perceived reluctance to proceed in good faith with peace talks with the Palestinians, but leaders of the two nations have consistently kept open channels of communication.
The parliamentary report also called for the recall of Egypt’s ambassador in Israel and a revision of Egypt’s nuclear power policy in view of the widespread suspicion that Israel has a nuclear arsenal of its own.
“Revolutionary Egypt will never be a friend, partner or ally of the Zionist entity (Israel), which we consider to be the number one enemy of Egypt and the Arab nation,” said the report. “It will deal with that entity as an enemy, and the Egyptian government is hereby called upon to review all its relations and accords with that enemy.”...
Great. When their were young people protesting the Iranian government in 2009 B Hussein Obama et all were no where to be found. But they were right on with Egypt, Libya and Syria. Talk about clueless. Yo Barrack, real world. Democracy is not for everyone. We need order. The Shah of Iran was never going to win a Peace Price but women could have a job and walk down the street alone in a modern society and he wasn't funding forces against our nation. Now we have the anarchy in the Middle East and it may spread to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait. Just when he's doing everything to raise oil prices we throw this in.
Thanks Barrack....
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