The Brotherhood, power and sticking to a fickle tone

It is indecent that Egypt's President has  denied sending a reply to a letter sent by another President who was congratulating him for the arrival of the Muslims' Holy Month, Ramadan. Replying to such a letter is just a matter of routine, so it shouldn't be an issue of denial or confirmation, unless the letter is sent from a state boycotted by Egypt. Until now, Egypt has yet to decide on severing its relations with Israel, and the Israeli flag is still waving in Cairo. Holding official relations between Egypt and Israel is a political choice in Egypt which has its supporters as well as its critics. As for President Mohammed Morsi, he said nothing that could refer to his intention to reconsider Egypt's commitment to the peace treaty signed with Israel in March 1979, not to say reconsidering Egypt's relationship with Israel. This denial from Morsi, who was elected as a Muslim Brotherhood candidate, is just a new chapter of the double standards which the Brotherhood used to master throughout their political history. Their deeds have always gone to the contrary of their political speeches. It seems like Morsi's denial was issued only to satisfy the mobs who just voted for the Muslim Brotherhood candidate without being bothered to know anything about the political, social or economic policies,  which he and his party intend to apply. It has to be noted that the Muslim Brotherhood are yet to reveal their plans for resolving Egypt's persistent problems. They didn't say what they will do for restoring security and cleaning the streets. How will they deal with the uncontrolled population growth and the poverty in so many towns and neighbourhoods? What will they do to develop tourism and improve the quality of education? What will they do with the big companies which struggle in Egypt's stock market? What will they do with the movie industry, the theatres, the media,  women's rights and their position in society, of course rather than the Brotherhood's efforts to enslave women under a religious pretext. The more important question is: Do the Brotherhood have a certain vision for Egypt's relations with Israel further than the Egyptian President's reiterated pledges that he will show respect for all bilateral and international agreements signed by Egypt, and that of course includes the two agreements of Camp David signed between Egypt and Israel after 11 months of Anwar Sadat's speech to the Israeli Knesset. It is time for the Brotherhood to show some honesty in talking to their supporters, instead of depending on the fickle language which will not fool anybody but the naive who still believe that slogans will provide food or create job opportunities. Being in the opposition is totally different from being in power. The Brotherhood's fickle language might have been justified at the time they were in the opposition or monitored by the former regime's security apparatus. Now the situation has changed, but the question is still whether the Brotherhood has also changed or not. The Brotherhood are supposed to tell the Egyptians the truth about the country's conditions after 60 years of military rule. They are supposed to tell them that "working for achieving peace," which Morsi said he will do in his letter to Shimon Peres, is not a shameful thing, especially at a time where the Israeli government is believing in nothing but occupation, including the occupation of East Jerusalem, the supposed capital of the independent Palestinian state. Egypt would have never regained Sinai and the oil reserves in the Red Sea except through negotiations. It is not a shame for Morsi to try to encourage Israel to return to negotiations with the Palestinians. It would be the best favour Morsi could do for the Palestinians if he revived negotiations instead of trying to sell them illusions which would only lead them to more disasters. Honesty is more important now than ever, and what is more important than honesty is courage. Courage means that the Brotherhood have to give up their double standards and show a clear political vision, different to the meaningless slogans adopted by Jordan's Brotherhood and Gaza's Hamas. Just a little example of these slogans is the talk among Hamas officials of resistance and struggle, while they stress at the same time that the ceasefire with Israel must be maintained. Such a double standard  will serve nobody but the Israeli occupation. It was better for Morsi to say clearly that Egypt is in no position to annul the peace treaty with Israel, and that all he can do for the Palestinians is provide them with political support, particularly by using Egypt's international relations in returning both the Palestinians and the Israelis to the negotiation table but this time on a clear reference. That would be more useful than Morsi's spokesperson's denial to his reply to Peres' greeting letter. The only thing that we can understand from this denial is that the Brotherhood will never change, whether they are in power or away of it. The French proverb which says: "The more the situation changes the more it remains the same" can't suit them more. It looks like being in power has made the Brotherhood more hungry for power, and more insistent on their fickle language they used to depend on until they took over Egypt.