Muslim Brotherhood, more and more treacherous

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has become one of the most important issues concerning the Egyptian people and, perhaps, Muslim Brotherhood who still seek a foothold in the Egyptian political landscape.

A major problem for the Brotherhood is the entire Arab world that has been united in its support for Egypt and president Sisi.

While the Ethiopian government continues to provoke and defy its neighbors to the north, including by moving forward with the dam’s second filling, the outlawed group has recently been critical of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his government's handling of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis.

Analysts believe the next round of negotiations, if any, will only lead to more Ethiopian intransigence and Egyptian-Sudanese steadfastness on the situation.

What stresses the true treacherous nature of Muslim Brotherhood is that it does not hide its alignment with foreign governments hostile to Sisi, leaving him with several challenging options in how to manage the situation.

Now, media attacks by pro-Muslim Brotherhood outlets aim to rile up the Egyptian street into a demand for some drastic solutions. Yet, with the general distrust of the Brotherhood media branches, known to fabricate news and manipulate facts, Egyptians never came to believe their misleading comments.

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said that Egypt’s national security is a red line that cannot be crossed, stressing that favoring peace does not mean to allow the country’s rights to be harmed. 

In a speech on a conference on the Decent Life initiative to upgrade Egypt's countryside, Sisi called on Egyptians not to worry about the water issue amid a dispute over Ethiopia’s dam.

The president added that he and the army absolutely favored the will of the Egyptian people, in reference to the military’s support of the June 30 revolution that ended the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013.

“We have faced a strong wave of terrorism, and we broke through economic crises and problems with the help of an economic reform program,” he added.

He stressed that Egypt does not seek to threaten or interfere in the affairs of countries, but it seeks to cooperate and accept development that allows generating electricity for the Ethiopians.

He stressed that Egypt will continue efforts to reach a legally binding agreement between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia on the filling and operation of the dam.

In 2012, Egypt elected Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi as the country’s president, but he was deposed following massive protests a year later and his organization was once more designated a “terrorist” entity by the state.

President El Sisi said he and the army absolutely favored the will of the Egyptian people, in reference to the military’s support of the June 30 revolution that ended the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013.