Leading Egyptian Presidential Candidate: Camp David Accords "Dead," But Egypt Still Honors Peace with Israel

(Times of Israel) Ilan Ben Zion - Leading Egyptian presidential candidate Amr Moussa said Sunday, "The Camp David Accord is a historical document whose place is on the memory shelf, since its articles talk about the fact that the aim of the agreement is to establish an independent Palestinian state....This accord is dead and buried." However, Moussa later clarified that Egypt will still honor its overall peace treaty with Israel. According to a poll conducted by the Al-Ahram Center for Political Studies on Monday, Moussa would receive 41% of the vote in the presidential elections, with former Muslim Brotherhood member Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh receiving 27%.


2012-05-01 00:00:00

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