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ElBaradei: Maintenance of Peace Treaty Dependent on Israeli-Palestinian Relations
(NBC News) David Gregory - Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday: Q: Should Egypt in the future always maintain the peace treaty with Israel? ElBaradei: I think so. But it's not just dependent on Egypt. It's also dependent on Israel. Israel should not continue to apply a policy of force vis-a-vis the Palestinians, [and] should agree to what everybody knows, that the Palestinians have the right to establish a state. Q: Dr. ElBaradei, people who are hearing this will hear equivocation and there will be great fear about a potential leader of Egypt saying that the peace treaty is not rock solid with Israel. ElBaradei: Well, I think everybody [is] saying it is rock solid, but everybody [is] also saying that at the same breath that whether Egypt is a democracy, whether Egypt is a dictatorship, everybody in Egypt, everybody in the Arab world will want to see an independent Palestinian state.