CAIRO, Jun 1, 2011 (IPS) - Throughout ousted president Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, the 1979 Camp David agreement served to keep the peace between historical foes Egypt and Israel. But since Mubarak's February departure, popular calls for the treaty's abrogation have grown louder.
"Egypt's march towards liberation that began with the Jan. 25 Revolution will not be complete until this dishonourable agreement is scrapped," Mohamed Mahmoud, founding member of the Cairo-based Arab/Islamic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (A/IFLP) told IPS.
Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), in one of its first official announcements on Feb. 12, declared that Egypt remained committed "to all regional and international obligations and treaties." Most observers saw the statement as a specific reference to the Camp David peace agreement.
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