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23rd September 2013, 04:04 PM
But he is also heard saying he sometimes used Israel’s influence in Washington for his own purposes, perhaps alluding to the role that pro-Israeli lobbyists often played in securing American aid for their allies in Cairo. “I exploit the Israelis this way, and I stirred sedition” between Israel and the United States, Mr. Mubarak said. “I put them in confrontation with each other.”
At another point, Mr. Mubarak dismissed Mr. Morsi as overly reliant on Qatar, an oil-rich monarchy allied with the United States and supportive of the Brotherhood. “Qatar will bring American Jews” to Egypt, Mr. Mubarak said. “All will have American and Jewish passports, they will start projects and I don’t know what, and it will be worse.”
He speculated that Jews might have played a role in a proposal to dam the Nile upstream from Egypt in Ethiopia, a major worry in Cairo. “The Jews work there,” Mr. Mubarak said. “Africa is full of Jews.” He said of a former chief of the International Monetary Fund, “He was a Jew, but skillful.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/23/world/middleeast/secret-recordings-reveal-mubaraks-frank-views-on-a-range-of-subjects.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/23/world/middleeast/secret-recordings-reveal-mubaraks-frank-views-on-a-range-of-subjects.html
At another point, Mr. Mubarak dismissed Mr. Morsi as overly reliant on Qatar, an oil-rich monarchy allied with the United States and supportive of the Brotherhood. “Qatar will bring American Jews” to Egypt, Mr. Mubarak said. “All will have American and Jewish passports, they will start projects and I don’t know what, and it will be worse.”
He speculated that Jews might have played a role in a proposal to dam the Nile upstream from Egypt in Ethiopia, a major worry in Cairo. “The Jews work there,” Mr. Mubarak said. “Africa is full of Jews.” He said of a former chief of the International Monetary Fund, “He was a Jew, but skillful.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/23/world/middleeast/secret-recordings-reveal-mubaraks-frank-views-on-a-range-of-subjects.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/23/world/middleeast/secret-recordings-reveal-mubaraks-frank-views-on-a-range-of-subjects.html