Egyptian official: Israel will be erased in ten years

Issam Arian, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian president's advisor, has caused a storm since the weekend in the country, having said that the return of the Egyptian Jews from Israel and the return of their property – will allow the Palestinians to return to their land. "Every Egyptian has the right to return, especially if it will give the possibility to the Palestinians," he said.


The London paper a - Sharq Al - Awsat reported this morning (Tuesday) that Arian estimated that Israel will be erased within 10 years. He explained on his Facebook account that he said what he said so that the Palestinian refugees will be able to return to their homeland "there are people in Palestine who have conquered it and those occupiers have previous homelands."

He added: "There will not be such a thing called Israel, but what it will be is Palestine and Jews, Muslims, Christians and Druze will live there. People will live there who were there from the beginning. Anyone who wants to stay will remain as a Palestinian citizen." Therefore, "those who conquered it would have to return to their country."


It seems that the office of the President seems to try to keep Morsi away from the statements. A presidential office in Cairo told the newspaper about the call for Jews to return: "What Arian said does not represent the position of the presidency and he is not an official spokesman of the president's office."

The words dragged criticism that even the Brotherhood came out against Arian. The official spokesman of the movement, Mahmoud Gzalan, explained to the Egyptian newspaper Al - Gomoharih, that these things do not represent the movement. According to a spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood, "the Jews of Egypt are criminals who deserve to be punished for what they did to Egypt and the Palestinians."


Even among liberal elements in Egypt there was criticism for the comments of Arian.

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