Former U.S President Jimmy Carter said after what he called long discussions with Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Egypt that the group will try to modify the country\’s peace treaty with Israel.
Egypt is holding its first round of balloting for its first presidential election since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak during an uprising more than a year ago.
To mark the day Egypt regained control of the Sinai peninsula from Israel, a group of protesters pledged they would this week cover a memorial to Israelis killed in the war with an Egyptian flag bearing the words: \”Sinai – the invaders\’ graveyard.\”
The Muslim Brotherhood has warned that Egypt may review its 1979 peace deal with Israel if the United States cuts aid to the country, a move that could undermine a cornerstone of Washington\’s Middle East policy.
Israel congratulated Egypt on the inauguration of its new parliament, the first in the post-Mubarak era.
The Muslim Brotherhood assured the United States it would not break Egypt\’s peace treaty with Israel, according to the U.S. State Department.
The Muslim Brotherhood, which is leading in the national elections in Egypt, said it will not recognize Israel.
Egypt\’s Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday it won most seats in a first-round parliamentary vote, with early tallies suggesting liberals had backed some of its candidates to block hardline Salafis.
The Muslim Brotherhood\’s party will seek to extend a lead over hardline Islamists in run-offs in Egypt\’s parliamentary vote Monday, with liberal parties struggling to hold their ground in a political landscape redrawn by the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.
Egypt will hear the results of elections which Islamist parties expect to win on Friday and protesters rallied in Cairo to remember 42 people killed in clashes with police last month.
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