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...disillusioned with the colonel's policies. 'It is true that the revolution liberated the Egyptian people and pushed them into modern life,' says Mahfouz, 'but it led to many wars that tired us out.' Mahfouz found himself at the center of controversy in 1979 when he publicly backed Anwar Sadat's peace treaty with Israel. As a result, he was denounced by Islamic fundamentalists." Read more at timearchive.com...
...Tuesday, marking the Israeli withdrawal from the territory it captured in the Six Day War. Many analysts agreed that the terrorists were targeting the pro-Western government of President Hosni Mubarak as well as the 1979 Camp David peace treaty with Israel signed by his predecessor, the late Anwar Sadat...
...Ethiopian King. In the 20th century, Egypt signed a treaty with Britain that essentially gave Cairo full control over the Nile's waters. Much to its neighbors' disgust, Egypt held them to the pact even after they gained independence from Britain. As recently as the 1970s, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat warned that "any action that would endanger the waters of the Blue Nile will be faced with a firm reaction on the part of Egypt, even if that action should lead to war." It's easy to understand Egypt's motives: the Nile is a lifeline for the country...
...Oslo Accords and the lasting peace with Egypt demonstrate the necessity of this prerequisite to negotiate. Under the Oslo Accords, the Palestinians proved insincere in their desire for peace, using weapons and resources given to them for internal security to terrorize Israelis. In the case with Egypt, Anwar Sadat was so committed to a solution with Israel that he was willing to alienate himself from the rest of the Arab world in order to bring about peace. Until the Palestinians generate leaders that, in the words of Golda Meir, “love their children more than they hate Israel...
...Erian, 51, joined the group after Israel's defeat of the Arab states in the 1967 Six-Day War helped spur a revival of Islamic fundamentalism in the Arab world. He was among thousands of activists rounded up at about the time a Muslim extremist assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1981. After a year in prison, el-Erian won a seat in parliament in 1987, serving three years before being jailed again...