Egypt has been receiving US aid annually since the signing of the 1979 peace treaty with Israel, to the total of $2.1bn, made up of $815 million in economic aid and the aforementioned $1.3bn in military aid. The total amount that Egypt has received since 1982 is around $80bn. This aid is offered in exchange for political and security commitments to Washington and Tel Aviv, and several strategic interests that often outweigh the importance of human rights.
One can appreciate how a ‘US Administration’s Opinion’: might look to casually dismiss the importance of human rights at this and indeed, at any time. Nevertheless for the International Community and for all UN Organisation Member States – surely their required commitment to the UN Charter of Rights (at their respective state’s point of entry to this august body), insofar as our international law is concerned: serves expressly as a prohibition of any such dismissal or denial?