Israeli regime says enjoyed good ties with Egypt under Morsi
Iran Press TV
Fri Jul 5, 2013 7:57AM GMT
The Tel Aviv regime says Israel enjoyed favorable security relations with Egypt under the leadership of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.
On Thursday, Israeli Ynet news quoted an unnamed official as saying that the regime had established “good security cooperation with Morsi’s Egypt,” referring to the situation in the Sinai Peninsula.
The Israeli official made the remarks a day after General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, head of the Egyptian army, declared that President Morsi was no longer in office and announced the suspension of the country’s constitution after days of massive anti-government protests across Egypt.
On July 4, the chief justice of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court, Adli Mansour, was sworn in as interim president of Egypt.
Tzachi Hanegbi, an aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, also praised what he described as continued good ties with Egypt’s armed forces, expressing hope that the appointment of Mansour would lead to the improvement of the Tel Aviv regime’s relations with Cairo, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Meanwhile, former Israeli chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi also said that Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood was "reasonable" in its ties with the Tel Aviv regime as the group did not renege on the Camp David Accords and launched a crackdown on underground supply tunnels between the Sinai Peninsula and the blockaded Gaza Strip under the Morsi administration.
Over the past months, Egypt has stepped up its crackdown on the supply tunnels leading into Gaza which bring basic needs to the Gazans in the besieged enclave. Egyptian army forces flooded several of tunnels in February.
Egypt’s ousted president is reportedly being held “preventively” by the military. An army official said he might face formal charges over accusations made by his opponents.
Egyptian state media reported that arrest warrants have been issued for a total of 300 Brotherhood officials.
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