Jerusalem – Egypt’s New Envoy To Israel Says Brings Message Of Peace

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    Mr Atef Sayed Al-Ahl (L), the new Egyptian ambassador to Israel, toasts with Israeli president Shimon Peres at Al-Ahl's welcoming ceremony held at the President's residence in Jerusalem. October 17, 2012. Photo by Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/FLASH90 Jerusalem – Egypt’s new ambassador to Israel took up his post on Wednesday, assuring the Jewish state of Cairo’s continued commitment to a 1979 peace treaty.

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    “I came with a message of peace and I came to confirm that we are working for mutual trust and transparency and we are committed to all the agreements we signed with Israel,” Atef Mohamed Salem Sayed Elahl said on presenting his credentials to President Shimon Peres.

    Egypt’s new president, Mohamed Mursi, hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, and his ascent to power in an election after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in a popular uprising in 2011 has raised concern in Israel about the future of the peace pact.

    Stepped-up Islamist militant activity against Egyptians and Israelis along the Sinai frontier has also worried Israel, which has carefully monitored Egyptian military deployment against the gunmen for any breaches of troop and equipment limitations set out in the peace accord.

    The Mursi administration has assured Israel that the peace treaty signed by President Anwar Sadat – who was later assassinated by Islamist gunmen – is safe. But Mursi has also kept the Israeli government at arm’s length, and avoids referring to Israel by name in public remarks.

    In a ceremony at Peres’s official residence in Jerusalem, a new Jordanian ambassador formally took up his post on Wednesday, filling a diplomatic slot that had been empty for the past two years, in apparent displeasure over the collapse of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

    The new envoy, Walid Khalid Abdullah Obeidat, is a lawyer who had headed the legal department at the Jordanian Foreign Ministry.

    A Jordanian official said it was decided to dispatch Obeidat to Tel Aviv after Egypt announced its new envoy.

    Jordan signed a peace accord with Israel in 1994 and has long maintained close security cooperation with the Jewish state, but has criticised Israeli treatment of Palestinians.

    The peace agreement with Israel is largely unpopular in Jordan, where most of the seven million citizens are of Palestinian origin and have close family ties with their kin on the other side of the Jordan River.


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    Liepa
    Liepa
    11 years ago

    This ‘peace’ between Israel, Egypt and Jordan as cold as it may be is far better than and bloodshed from war, period.

    Hopefully, for the sake of all concerned, this will continue going into the future.

    11 years ago

    Let’s hope this leads to a lasting peace that benefits all, iy”h.

    radrad
    radrad
    11 years ago

    pearl harbor? i hope not….

    abuezri
    abuezri
    11 years ago

    Toasting on water. Priceless.

    sane
    sane
    11 years ago

    When exactly will Morsi say the word “Israel” ? If he refuses to say it, how can he intend to have peace? This is all a show to keep American aid flowing.