In an interview with Japanese NHK TV, Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood movement unveiled its plans to scrap the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel if it comes to power.
The group’s deputy leader Rashad al-Bayoumi said that they will abolish the peace treaty with Israel after a provisional government is formed.
“After President Mubarak steps down and a provisional government is formed, there is a need to dissolve the peace treaty with Israel,” said al-Bayoumi.
Egypt was the first Arab country which officially recognize Israel. It has signed a peace agreement with the Israeli government since 1979 and since then has also played its role as a mediator of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The radical Muslim Brotherhood group has recently come under spotlight amid mass anti-government protests in Egypt. Some figures have voiced their concerns that the radical Islamic movement could eventually take power in Egypt.
The radical Islamic movement wants Egypt to leave secularism and return to the rules of the Quran. But they failed to win a single seat in the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary election.
The Muslim Brotherhood joined the anti-government protests in Egypt last week in an attempt to gain influence over the people. Over 300 protesters have died during the unrest with thousand others injured.
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