Ikhwanweb :: The Muslim Brotherhood Official English Website

Our position is very clear. You need inclusion. You cannot just say, ’Hamas doesn’t exist.

Since he was appointed to lead a mainly technocratic government in 2004, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has been immersed in some of the Middle East’s most complex political problems—the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the widening war in Iraq, not to mention Egypt’s own on-again off-again steps toward democracy. He also spoke to NEWSWEEK’s Lally Weymouth in Davos last week. Excerpts:

Weymouth: There’s a rumor in Washington that the United States is going to bomb Iran. What do you think of the idea?

Nazif: We’ve said clearly that this would not be a good idea. If it is to deter Iran, it probably will have the exact opposite effect...