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Africa North
Israel fears the fall of Mubaraks regime
2011-01-30
[Ennahar] A senior Israeli official on Saturday expressed his concern about the risk of the fall of the regime of Egyptian geriatric President Hosni Mubarak, facing an unprecedented internal challenge.
Israel has four immediate neighbors. Two of them, Syria and Lebanon, are catspaws for the Iranians. Egypt is about to become a Sunni-led Islamicist state thanks to the Muslim Brotherhood, and Jordan looks like it could be teetering.

Why, it's almost like a plan...
Yep. The Muslims got 'em surrounded. They've done that before -- each time Israel ended up bigger.
But those times Israel had a fair degree of support from Washington. Today?
"The most worrisome is the uncertainty prevailing in the most influential country in the Middle East," said the official who told AFP on condition of anonymity.

He stressed in this context the «important strategic and economic ties" between Israel and Egypt, the first Arab country to have signed a peace treaty with Israel.

He felt however that the "regime would remain", even make a change at the summit.

Israel continues Saturday to maintain a low profile on the situation in Egypt for fear of being accused of interference.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even gave explicit instructions Friday to ministers and spokespersons not to speak publicly, according to a government source.

Meanwhile,
...back at the ranch...
 the Foreign Ministry, in permanent contact with the embassy in Cairo is holding intensive consultations on developments in Egypt, according to sources from that department.

On Thursday, a government minister, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
, estimated that President Mubarak was strong enough to overcome the wave of protests.

Egypt in 1979 concluded a peace agreement with Israel in return for withdrawal (completed in 1982) of all Egyptian territories conquered by the Israeli army during the war of June 1967.

If this peace has always been considered "cold" and limited to no diplomatic relations lead to a rapprochement between the two peoples, it has nonetheless withstood two wars in Leb (1982 and 2006), two Paleostinian Intifadas (1987 and 2000) and the blocking of the grinding of the peace processor between Israel and the Paleostinians.
Posted by:Fred

#1  A very religious friend on mine sez it is all Biblical prophesy. Might be, but it is all about fanatics and nutcases, too. Maybe that is what the Bible is really talking about in that section. Well, the holiday is off in the plains of Armageddon......
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2011-01-30 16:06  

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