Egypt to investigate spying charges against Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh and Hamdeen Sabbahi | Mada Masr
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Allegations that Egyptian politicians Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh and Hamdeen Sabbahi have spied for Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were referred Monday to Egypt’s State Security Agency for investigation.
The allegations were leveled by lawyer Ashraf Farahat after the two men attended a conference in Lebanon titled: “The general Arab conference to support resistance and reject its categorization as terrorism,” organized by the National Arab Conference in collaboration with the Islamic National Conference, the General Conference for Arab Parties and the Arab Popular Mobilization Body.
Organizers said in media statements that the conference aimed to demonstrate popular support for resistance movements in response to what they called campaigns led by the US and Saudi Arabia against them. It stated that the Palestinian cause and resistance remain a common ground for Arab political factions to unite around.
The conference was held on the 10th anniversary of the 34-day July war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006, which ended with Lebanon’s Hezbollah successfully repelling the Israeli attack.
