A meeting was held during the events of the 25th of Jan 2011 in Egypt between the US Representatives of The American Administration and one Israeli Mossad Element and Muslim Brotherhood. In this meeting they agreed on the outlines which were conditioned by guaranteeing the security of Israel and also to guarantee some form of Gas Exportation with American assurance on US practicing influence on Gulf countries to provide big financial facilities and the US commitment to drop a big part of the Egyptian debts to the States and Europe.
They also discussed in this meeting a group of terms that the Muslim Brotherhood must follow before they actually reach power and start ruling Egypt. The Israeli side insisted that the security of Israel was the only guarantee for Muslim Brotherhood to stay in power in Egypt, and Israel and America are investing in Muslim Brotherhood and they are not ready to see Brotherhood regime overthrown some time soon and if this will happen one day, it won’t be before a long period of time.
This meeting was putting all details and terms in a very clear direct way without any compliments and according to the following scenario which was mainly suggested by Israel:
The Muslim Brotherhood refrain the candidacy of any of their members or leaders for the Presidency elections.
The Muslim Brotherhood refrain from appearing as a ruling authority during the very difficult years which will follow the 25th of Jan 2011 Revolution
Muslim Brotherhood must agree on the above mentioned scenario in order to stay away and prevent facing very hard and difficult confrontations that the Americans and the Israelis were expecting to take place in Egypt.
The big difficulties that the next president and the next Regime are going to face won’t give them any space or any chance to finish their ruling period, and this is why Muslim Brotherhood must have their hands totally clean when they climb to the governance platform.
When the right moment comes for Brotherhood to take over the power in Egypt, only then financial supports will start appearing so people would link these financial supports and the Egyptian economy refreshing to the Muslim Brotherhood regime. This economy improvement will be followed by a remarkable security stability in the whole country. And only then, the picture would seem like Muslim Brotherhood have reached power in Egypt by the people’s will and general acceptance. It will be very hard on Brotherhood’s opponents who are in the meantime very hostile to the United States, to overthrow the Muslim Brotherhood from power.
This closed tight circle who held the above mentioned meeting, excluded many Muslim Brotherhood names from inside the organization and also excluded Mohamed Abu Elfotuh’s name.
It is not correct nor accurate what some thought about Abu Elfotuh‘s resignation from the Muslim Brotherhood Organization on March 2011. Many thought and even believed that Abu Elfotuh resigned from MB organization because some kind of conspiracy or whatever. The truth is, It was mainly because his name was not suggested in this meeting and he was not included in this closed tight circle.
But as it is known about Muslim Brotherhood, they never commit to any promises or agreements all over their history.
The minute some news leaks about The Military pushing a candidate for the presidency, the Muslim Brotherhood called for an urgent meeting and they discussed that if they find out for definite that the United States had the intentions to allow any military background candidate related to the Military, they were going to handle the situation in their own particular way to stop it from happening.
This particular way of stopping any military candidacy by the Brotherhood, was to spread more chaos in Egypt and it would be enough to destabilize not only Egypt but also the Middle East Area. The Brotherhood knew that the Americans wanted Egypt to be stabilized before Obama finishes his presidency period.
When EL-Selmy’s document appeared on the scene, the Muslim Brotherhood were severely shocked to the point that made them believe this would not happened unless there was a parallel agreement between the Americans and the Military. But at the end, Omar Suleiman exploded the whole issue in his own particular way. (Ali El-Selmy was the former Deputy of Prime Minister for Political Affairs at this period)
Ahmed Shafik‘s candidacy for the presidency was not disturbing the Brotherhood Organization like many thought. In a specific meeting held between all concerned Brotherhood leaders and decisions makers seniors in the organization, they all agreed that if Shafik wins the Presidency which was not likely to happen, he will be forced to cooperate with Muslim Brotherhood one way or another.
Some opinions from inside the MB organization suggested that if Shafik wins, it would be more damaging than if Hamdeen wins.
But what Khairat Alshater said at the end of the meeting was actually the decisiveness Word. Alshater said that Brotherhood are not going to be committed to their agreement with the US and Israel. He confirmed that Brotherhood candidate for the Presidency is going to win the elections and then the US and Israel will be forced to face the fait accompli policy and then they will support the Brotherhood President.
(Ahmed Shafik is a politician and was a former candidate for the presidency of Egypt. He was a senior commander in the Egyptian Air Force and later served as Prime Minister of Egypt from 31 January 2011 to 3 March 2011.) (Hamdeen Sabahi an Egyptian politician and journalist)
Just a short period after what the Brotherhood agreed on, Omar Suleiman announced Officially his candidacy for presidential elections. This announcement of Suleiman terrified the Brotherhood and it was more than they can handle. Brotherhood realized that all the relations and ties that they were counting on with the United States Of America won’t really be enough to face or confront what Suleiman owned of pressure cards.
Suleiman knew that he might not become the President of Egypt, but he certainly trusted that he can ruin the deals and the agreements which took place between Brotherhood, Israel and the United States.
Khairat Alshater did what he wanted from the beginning and went for the presidency. He had a stormy meeting with the Brotherhood Organisation for this decision of his, but at the end, Brotherhood announced that Alshater is their candidate for the presidency.
Israel was surprised and angry from Brotherhood breaking their agreement and despite all their warnings, they just acted totally the opposite. Brotherhood didn’t care much for Israel reaction because they were counting on the US support and promises and also the US capability of facilitating their mission in taking over the authority and power in Egypt and the financial support from some of the Gulf countries and International Banking. After all, Muslim Brotherhood were essentially based on the support of a specific wing in the States.
The American Administration addressed a very severe tone warning to the Brotherhood through the US Ambassador in Egypt who visited the Chief of MB and told him that Al-shater won’t be the President of Egypt for many reasons and even if this is the will of the Organization, Alshater is not going to be the next President.
The Brotherhood Chief said that Muslim Brotherhood cannot afford to lose their friends in the States and they will discuss the issue again and will try to suggest another name to satisfy and meet the US desire. Then he suggested Saad Alkatatny (he was the president of the Egyptian Parliament and he is an MB leader). But the US Ambassador was ready to leave and said that the decision of Alshater withdrawing back his papers from the candidacy has been already taken and the names Brotherhood are suggesting are not suitable.
Alshater was excluded from the candidacy of presidency due to his illegal position as announced in the news later on. The Chief of MB got a phone call from the US Embassy that Alshater’s issue was over and to forget about Alkatatny’s name because he might join him too.
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