He has done so in the belief that Egypt is a country which fulfills its obligations. He believes peace is a strategic objective that should never be sacrificed for tactical purposes, nor abandoned under any circumstances. He has taken it upon himself to achieve a comprehensive, just and durable peace in the Middle East. Having been himself a fighter, he has tasted the bitterness of war, knows how dangerous and destructive it can be. He believes peace is achievable only at a very dear price.
All parties seem to be talking peace.
And yet, the peace process is stalemated to the point of actually being dead. If this situation sustains, negotiations will be held to no avail. The Israelis insist on yielding the fruits of the 1967 aggression, by demanding they have sovereignty over the sacred places in Jerusalem, extracting a greater portion of the West Bank, and denying the Palestinian refugees the right to returning to the homes. They must have the will to transform their conflict with the others, especially Israel, into a competition, the main object of which is modernization. Change entails a process of purification covering our cultural and religious heritage in order to have them turned an asset to serve democracy and human rights.