CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said today that the 1979 peace treaty with Israel “is not sacred,” according to state-run news agency MENA, quoting an interview Sharaf gave with Turkish television. "The Camp David treaty is always open to discussion or for modification if that is beneficial for the region and for a just peace. The peace treaty is not something sacred and there can be changes made to it," MENA quoted Sharaf as saying. The Camp David treaty was the first peace agreement between Israel and one of its Arab neighbors. The agreement has been subject to renewed controversy in Egypt in recent weeks. Last month six Egyptian border guards were killed by the Israeli military along the border between the two countries as Israel hunted for militants responsible for attacks in the nearby city of Eilat. The deaths intensified anti-Israeli sentiment in Egypt, culminating in an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo last week.
