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How Egypt Views Normalization with Israel
[MEMRI] To mark the 30th anniversary of the Camp David Peace Accords, the Egyptian weekly Roz Al-Yousuf published a special supplement on normalization with Israel. The editorial states: "As far as the public and the ideological [climate] are concerned, the Egyptian people...still sees Israel as an enemy in [the Arabs'] midst." The renowned Egyptian poet 'Abed Al-Rahman Al-Abnodi, who writes for the government daily Al-Akhbar, explains that the Egyptian peasant "is well aware that Israel has found its way into Egypt's arteries and is [poisoning its blood]." Dr. Wahid 'Abd Al-Magid, deputy director of the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, contends that "a journalist who travels to Israel is...like a plumber who descends into a sewer: he has to, because it is his job."