[QUOTE]JERUSALEM, Israel -- The Egyptian parliament voted unanimously Monday to support a document declaring Israel its number one enemy.
The document, prepared by the Committee on Arab Affairs, calls for an across-the-board overhaul of Egypt's policies with the "Zionist entity," Egypt Independent reported.
In addition to calling for the immediate deportation of Israeli Ambassador Yaakov Amitai and the recall of Egypt's ambassador to Israel, the statement demanded a total cessation of natural gas exports to Israel and activation of an Arab boycott against the "Zionist entity" and all international companies that do business with Israel.
"Egypt after the revolution will never be a friend of the Zionist entity, the first enemy of Egypt and the Arab nation," the statement read.
Since the fall of the Mubarak regime a year ago, an interim military government has been in place, which still maintains diplomatic relations with Israel, based on the 1979 peace accord between the two countries.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won nearly half the seats in recent legislative elections, while the Salafist al-Nour party won 25 percent. As this document indicates, the Islamist-dominated parliament is eager to cut Egypt's ties with Israel.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2012/March/Egyptian-Parliament-Break-Ties-with-Israel-/[/url]
[B][I][U]Egypt’s new Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi to ‘reconsider’ Israel peace deal, strengthen Iran ties[/U][/I][/B]
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[QUOTE]Egypt’s Islamist president-elect, Mohammed Morsi, wants to “reconsider” the peace deal with Israel and build ties with Iran to “create a strategic balance” in the Middle East, according to an interview published by Iran’s Fars news agency on Monday.
The stated goals are certain to alarm Israel and its ally the United States as they adapt to the new direction Egypt will chart with Morsi at the helm.
They could also boost Iran’s influence in the Middle East at a time of heightened tensions between Tehran and the West.
“We will reconsider the Camp David Accord” that, in 1979, forged a peace between Egypt and Israel that has held for more than three decades, Morsi was quoted as telling a Fars reporter in Cairo on Sunday, just before his election triumph was announced.
He said the issue of Palestinian refugees returning to homes their families abandoned in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and the 1967 Six-Day War “is very important.”
Morsi added though that “all these issues will be carried out through cabinet and governmental bodies because I will not take any decision on my own.”
Morsi also said he was ready to improve ties with Iran. The Islamic republic broke off diplomatic relations with Egypt in 1980, a year after Cairo signed the peace deal with the Jewish state.
“Part of my agenda is the development of ties between Iran and Egypt that will create a strategic balance in the region,” Morsi was quoted as saying.
Although Morsi resigned from Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to take the top job, Israel is wary of his election, fearing his Islamist record could jeopardise the chilly peace it has long enjoyed with its huge neighbour.
Iran’s foreign ministry on Sunday welcomed Morsi’s triumph. Its message made no mention, however, of Iran and Egypt resuming diplomatic ties.
Iran’s clerical leadership contends that the Arab Spring that toppled veteran Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak and other longtime U.S. allies in the Arab world last year was inspired by its own 1979 Islamic revolution.
Although Iran’s predominant faith is Shi’ite Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood adheres to the Sunni branch of Islam, Tehran has been reaching out to the organization in Egypt in recent months.
Iran’s armed forces chief of staff, General Hassan Firouzabadi, on Monday was quoted by IRNA as echoing the Muslim Brotherhood’s rejection of moves by Egypt’s military to dissolve the Islamist-led parliament and to give itself a greater say over government policy and the constitution.
“The actions of the military council in Egypt, which considers itself to be selected by Mubarak, lack legal validity and political legitimacy,” Firouzabadi said.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/25/egypts-new-islamist-leader-mohammed-morsi-to-reconsider-israel-peace-deal-strengthen-iran-ties/[/url]
[B][I][U]Egyptian Anti-Aircraft Missiles Reported in Sinai[/U][/I][/B]
[QUOTE]Anti-aircraft missiles can only be intended for Israel's jets, because Sinai terrorists don't have aircraft.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]According to a report on Voice of Israel government-sponsored radio, Egypt has moved anti-aircraft missiles into the Sinai Peninsula.
The radio station's Arab affairs analyst, Eran Zinger, reported Saturday that Egypt has deployed both anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles near Israel’s border in the Egyptian Sinai, without Israel’s permission.
Such equipment is prohibited in Sinai by the Egypt-Israel peace treaty. “Egypt is trying to change the situation in Sinai,” Zinger said.
If the report is true, the move is an overtly hostile one toward Israel and can only mean that Egypt is preparing for hostilities with the Jewish state. Ostensibly, Egyptian forces moved into Sinai only in order to crush terrorist activity there. However, the terrorists possess no aircraft. Therefore anti-aircraft missiles can only be intended against Israel's air force.
In the prelude to the Yom Kippur War of 1973, Egypt moved anti-aircraft missiles close to the Suez Canal, despite a commitment not to do so. Israel chose to ignore the move, and the result was catastrophic, when the missiles shot down numerous IAF jets after war broke out.
The Israeli government has asked Egypt to withdraw the armored vehicles it deployed in Sinai 11 days ago, in contravention of the peace treaty between the two nations, according to Al-Quds Al-Arabi, which quotes Israeli sources.
Israel said that the deployment of armored forces in the El Arish area was only reported to it retroactively by Egypt, after the forces had already been deployed. Once Egypt supplied Israel with the full details about the extent of the deployment, the Jewish state asked Egypt to withdraw its armor from northern Sinai.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/159071#.UDMiiN0iaHh[/url]
[B][I][U]Sources: Egypt to send aircraft and tanks into Sinai[/U][/I][/B]
[QUOTE]ISMAILIA, Egypt - Egypt is preparing to use aircraft and tanks in Sinai for the first time since the 1973 war with Israel in its offensive against militants in the border area, security sources said on Monday.
The plans to step up the operation were being finalized by Egypt's newly appointed Defense Minister General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as he made his first visit to Sinai on Monday following the killing of 16 border guards on Aug.5.
Egypt blamed the attack on Islamist operatives and the conflict is an early test for President Mohamed Morsy - elected in June following the overthrow last year of Hosni Mubarak - to prove he can rein in terrorists on the border with Israel.
"Al-Sisi will supervise the putting together of final plans to strike terrorist elements using aircraft and mobile rocket launchers for the first time since the beginning of the operation," an Egyptian security source said.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=281919[/url]
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[editline]21st August 2012[/editline]
Not really
Egypt, do you remember what happened last time you did this.
and the time before that.
Say what you will about Israel's politics, going to war with them doesn't usually end well.
Just when I thought this WOULD NOT happen.
God damnit Morsi. You are going to ruin the Brotherhood's reputation.
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God damnit Morsi. You are going to ruin the Brotherhood's reputation.[/QUOTE]
I didn't know they had any
Time to watch the fireworks.
[QUOTE=Glorbo;37337284]I didn't know they had any[/QUOTE]
Things were looking rather progressive before now.
Well, uh.
Uh oh.
Israelnationalnews isn't a valid source. Even the other source you posted, Jerusalem Post, a slightly more reputable news site (but still biased) doesn't acknowledge the movement of AA guns. News older than several months aren't news as well. I noticed your other threads regarding Israel about to strike Iran also possess an exaggerated "fear-mongering tone"
Cut it out, the section title isn't literal nor does it mean you should combine sources that are nearly half a year a part in addition dodgy sources into one thread to make implication as if all shits going down at the same time.
EDIT: I closed your other thread [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1206773"]Netanyahu ‘Determined To Attack Iran’ Before US Elections, Claims Israel’s Channel 10[/URL] Find a better source.
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