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Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Leader: Threats to Cut U.S. Aid Could Imperil Peace Deal with Israel
(AP-Washington Post) Mohammed Morsi, the leader of the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest party, on Thursday rejected U.S. threats to cut aid over a dispute about nonprofit groups operating in the country, saying they are out of line and could imperil the peace deal with Israel. Morsi said the annual U.S. aid is part of its commitment to Egypt's 1979 treaty with Israel and should not be at risk because of the dispute over the nonprofit groups. "Brandishing threats to stop this aid is out of place. Otherwise, the peace deal would be reconsidered or it could flounder," he said. The Brotherhood's deputy chairman, Khairat el-Shater, told Al-Jazeera that U.S. aid should not be conditional and should continue to flow as "compensation" for years of supporting Mubarak's autocratic regime.