Muslim Brotherhood’s Maneuvers: Desperate Attempts for a Comeback with Illusory Reconciliation and Internal Struggles

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From time to time, the terrorist group known as the Brotherhood makes desperate maneuvers aimed at breaking their isolation. Behind the scenes, there is a process of rivalry and changing faces.

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In recent days, the debate has resurfaced regarding the Brotherhood‘s political project, announced by the London Front (led by Salah Abdel Hak) some time ago. This project revolves around abandoning political activity in exchange for the release of detainees.

The journalist affiliated with the group, Majed Abdullah, claimed that Helmy El-Gazar, head of the political office of the London Front, informed him of the group’s readiness to withdraw from political activity for 15 years in exchange for the release of its prisoners in Egyptian jails.

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In response, Helmy El-Gazar and the Brotherhood (London Front) quickly issued a statement via the website “Ikhwan Site,” denying any proposal to completely abandon political activity.

The political document of the Brotherhood prepared by the London Front earlier stipulates a withdrawal from political competition for 10 years while allowing the group to continue community and charitable work. This proposal has been clearly rejected by the Egyptian side on several occasions.

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Amidst this debate, activists and leaders associated with the Brotherhood have started hinting at a potential deal between Cairo and the “London Front.”

Brotherhood activist Amr Abdel Hadi mentioned in a podcast hosted on his account on the platform “X” that the leaders of the group’s political office had met with the chairman of the board of a private Egyptian media institution close to the government and proposed a reconciliation deal, claiming that almost everything had been agreed upon.

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The Mythical Deal

A leading source within the Brotherhood revealed that there had been “internal discussions about meetings held with figures close to the Egyptian government recently to explore possible understandings between the two parties in the future.”

According to circulating information within the Brotherhood, Helmy El-Gazar, accompanied by a deputy, visited Azerbaijan about a year ago, where he met with an Egyptian journalist currently running a strategic studies center in Cairo and known for his proximity to the government, according to the source, who did not disclose his name.

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According to the same information, the Brotherhood delegation discussed with the Egyptian journalist the possibility of achieving reconciliation between the government and the Brotherhood.

It is widely rumored within the Brotherhood that Helmy El-Gazar and his associate requested the Egyptian journalist to convey a message to the government indicating that the group is open to any agreement as long as its prisoners are released, as this issue is currently the most important for the group.

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Desperate Attempts

However, the prevailing narratives among the Brotherhood at present, which are starting to leak to journalists close to the group like Amr Abdel Hadi and Sami Kamal El-Din, “are nothing more than a desperate attempt by the group to draw attention to itself once again,” according to two informed sources, one of whom is responsible for the student department of the London Front.

The meeting being discussed took place about a year ago and did not involve official representatives of the Egyptian government. They added that the talk of a potential deal between the government and the Brotherhood aimed to present the group as having some cards to negotiate with Cairo and to suggest that a potential deal could be made in the foreseeable future.

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The sources also noted that “there was no deal to begin with; rather, it was an attempt by the political office group around Helmy El-Gazar to show that they could achieve anything, especially since El-Gazar was viewed within the group as the most qualified person to conclude a reconciliation deal.”

Previously, Brotherhood-affiliated media platforms close to the Istanbul Front had promoted that El-Gazar and Ibrahim Mounir, the former interim guide, had tried to revive the project of controlling the group devised by Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former member of the guidance office and the general advisory council of the group, under the sponsorship of the international organization leader, Abdel Rahman Abou Diah. This project is known as the “New Phase Plan”.

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According to the same sources, the group “no longer has any leverage to pressure or influence at present, and thus, talk of a potential deal is far from reality, especially since the official Egyptian position, expressed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is a complete rejection of any attempts to reconcile with the Brotherhood or allow their return to societal activity under any pretext.”

On the other hand, it seems that the promotion by the London Front (Salah Abdel Hak) within its ranks of a potential deal with Cairo for the release of Brotherhood prisoners aims to undermine the Istanbul Front (Mahmoud Hussein), which has been unable to achieve any significant results despite its previous announcements of hiring an international law firm to handle the case and sue the government, according to the sources.

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Restructuring

Meanwhile, the Istanbul Front is trying to enlist personalities close to the group, including Tarek al-Zumar, a leader of the Islamic group and president of the banned Building and Development Party in Egypt, to promote its figures and bring them back into the spotlight.

Tarek al-Zumar has appeared prominently on various media platforms since October 7, taking advantage of his strong relationship with the president of the Al-Sharq channel, Ayman Nour.

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He has also strengthened his ties with figures close to the Brotherhood, such as Moncef Marzouki, former Tunisian president.

Notably, Tarek al-Zumar has been holding meetings with public figures such as Khaled Meshaal, former head of the Hamas political bureau, Osama Hafiz, president of the Shura Council of the Islamic Group in Egypt, and Ali Kerti, secretary general of the Islamic movement in Sudan, who appeared for the first time through a platform of a human rights organization managed by al-Zumar from abroad.

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Additionally, the Islamic group has established a channel initially named “Al-Qanat,” which was renamed “Al-Tassa’a” and broadcasts from Istanbul. Tarek al-Zumar is a board member of this channel, while the media content is managed by Khaled Chérif, spokesperson for the Building and Development Party, the political arm of the Islamic Group.

It seems that Tarek al-Zumar is playing an unclear role in revitalizing political figures and shaping a new elite, among which he may be a leader, to serve the interests of the Brotherhood after the failure of political maneuvering and alleged reconciliation plans.