* المقالة بالعربى: نعم للسلام من أجل مصر Before it is for Israel
When Ismail Sidqi pasha refused that Egypt would get-in the war
of 1948, he wasn’t a traitor to Egypt or loving Israel. All
about it is that Ismail Sidqi was responsible for an economic
renaissance in Egypt; he was the one to develop Alexandria and
its beaches... The man feared that the war would destroy all the
economic steps which Egypt took in the past years preceding the
war. But, Ismail Sidqi didn’t continue on his stance, El-Wafd
party took a populist stance and went with the flow, supporting
the war decision. Ismail Sidqi felt as a politician that he
would lose people if he kept his stance, so he withdrew and
supported the war, preferring popularity between the people over
the interest of Egypt. We are all subjected to Ismail Sidqi’s
situation and we are required to to ask many questions, such as:
Is this war in the interest of Egypt? Are we obliged to get
involved into the war? Would we choose between the interest of
Egypt and our desire