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"Moderate" Islamist Egyptian Candidate: Israel an "Enemy," Revise Peace Treaty
(Washington Post) Leila Fadel - The two top-rated Egyptian presidential candidates battled Thursday in the first televised presidential debate in the nation's history. It featured Amr Moussa, 75, former chief of the Arab League, and Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, 60, considered a moderate Islamist. Aboul Fotouh called Israel an "enemy" of Egypt and promised to revise the peace treaty. "The agreement with Israel should be revised, and that which is against Egypt's interests should be removed immediately." Moussa said the treaty should be slightly revised but stopped short of calling Israel an enemy. "Most of our people consider it an enemy, but the responsibility of the president is to deal with such things responsibly and not run after hot-headed slogans," he said.