Musa: Camp David agreement untouchable

Egyptian presidential hopeful and former Arab League secretary-general Amr Musa, is in no hurry to support the call to re-open the Camp David Accords to negotiation, as he tells a Kuwaiti paper Al Jarida that the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt “has become a historical record.” Mussa called the Camp David peace treaty “untouchable,” after senior officials in the Egyptian government angered Israel’s foreign ministry officials on Friday when raising the possibility of re-opening the Camp David peace treaty to negotiation. Musa also condemned the attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo last week, when Egyptian protestors broke into the mission and nearly carried out a lynching against the six Israeli security officers who were barricaded inside. “What was done by some Egyptians in the embassy is unacceptable. I’m not pleased with such hooliganism actions,” said Musa. Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Yasser Reda  was summoned on Friday to a meeting at the foreign ministry where he was told that “under no circumstances would the peace treaty be reopened for negotiation.” As for Israel’s relations with Turkey, Musa remarked that “Turkey understands the meaning of injustice from which the Palestinians are suffering. The rift between Ankara and Tel Aviv has exposed the true meaning and strategic plans of Israel.” The Egyptian envoy was summoned following a recent slew of statements made by senior Egyptian officials. On Thursday Egyptian Prime Minister Sharaf said that “the Camp David accords were not sacred” and “always open to modification”. He said that opening the treaty to modifications would “benefit the region or a just peace.”