Whatever new government emerges from the uprising in Tahrir
Square, Egypt’s relations with Israel and the United States are likely
to become more difficult in the months ahead with an infusion of Arab
nationalism and skepticism about Egypt’s landmark peace treaty with
Israel.
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Many of those who helped oust President
Hosni Mubarak, including secular democracy activists and Muslim
Brotherhood leaders, say the 32-year-old treaty should be respected for
now because Egypt is in political limbo and overwhelmed by internal
upheavals. But they add that when stability is restored, the pact should
be submitted to the Egyptian people for approval, through a new
parliament scheduled to be elected in September and then perhaps in a
public referendum.
The desire to reconsider the treaty marks a
clear difference with the policy of the ruling Supreme Council of the
Armed Forces, which soon after Mubarak’s Feb. 11 departure declared that
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