It’s important to retain Egypt as an ally but Israel has contingency plans in case Cairo rescinds its peace treaty with Jerusalem, former IDF chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said, in his first public appearance as a civilian.

Speaking to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Monday evening, he said, “I think that the peace treaty with Egypt, as cold as it is, is of strategic importance to us and I hope that that will be the case but we have to be ready for that,” referring to the possibility that a new government in Egypt will not recognize the peace treaty with Israel.
“We have planned for this situation,” he added.
The retired general said he believed the Egyptian people should recognize the contribution of their ousted president Hosni Mubarak, and warned against radical elements seizing power.
(Source: JPOSt.COM)