1. Egypt incites hatred against America, including the publication in the Egyptian government media of anti-American conspiracy theories and, most recently, racist attacks against Secretary of State Colin Powell.

2. Egypt befriends America's enemies, pursuing friendly relations with Iraq, Libya, Iran, and North Korea; at the United Nations, Egypt votes against the U.S. position 80% of the time.

3. Egypt persecutes Christians--the Coptic Christians are subjected to
systematic discrimination by the Egyptian government as well as torture by Egyptian police officers.

4. Egypt is preparing for war, spending much of its budget on massive amounts of offensive weaponry even though it faces no serious external threats; there is a danger that U.S. weapons sent to Egypt will be used against America's ally, Israel.

5. Egypt urges boycott of Israel--defying the terms of the U.S.-brokered Israel-Egypt peace treaty, Egypt's leaders have called for boycotting Israel.

6. Egypt is violating its peace treaty with Israel, refusing to have the normal trade, cultural, scientific, and diplomatic relations that the U.S.-brokered treaty requires. Egypt recalled its ambassador from Israel last year, and it has refused to accept the credentials of Israel's ambassador in Egypt, thus making it impossible for him to function as an ambassador.

7. Egypt defends terrorist groups, including Hezbollah, which murdered 241 Americans in Beirut in 1983.

8. Egypt sheltered killer of Americans--during 1997-1998, Egypt sheltered the notorious Palestinian Arab terrorist Abu Nidal, who was responsible for the murders of numerous Americans and Israelis.

9. Egypt tramples human rights, refusing to grant its citizens free speech, freedom of the press, or free elections; dissidents are routinely jailed and tortured.

10. Egypt incites hatred against America's ally, Israel, publishing a constant torrent of anti-Semitic articles, Holocaust-denial, and Nazi-like cartoons in its government-controlled media.

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Speaking at the AIPAC annual conference on March 19, 2001, U.S. Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA) urged a reduction in American military aid to Egypt. Lantos has said in the past that "The American taxpayer has spent billions of dollars year after year to improve the Egyptian economy and the standard of living of the Egyptian people. Instead of an attitude of cooperation and friendship, we have been increasingly subjected to negative attitudes and actions by the Egyptian government."

U.S. Rep. Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), former chair of the House International
Relations Committee, has likewise raised the possibility of cutting U.S.
aid to Egypt in response to Egypt's anti-Israel actions and its refusal to
side with the U.S. against rogue regimes such as Libya, Iraq, and Sudan.