In his first interview on state television since the 1970s, veteran journalist and political commentator Mohamed Hassanein Heikal warned that ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s continued presence in the resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh following Egypt's 25 January Revolution was “wrong."
Heikal said it was time for Mubarak to remove his “shadow” from the Red Sea tourist city.
Heikal went on to say that the Egyptian public had every right to fear a US-Israeli “counter-revolution” run out of Sharm, especially given that both countries had "benefited greatly" from Mubarak’s 30-year-long rule.
“Let's not forget that Israeli Defense Minister Benjamin Bin Eliezer once described President Mubarak as a 'strategic treasure',” said Haikal.
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
