Hamas's Haniyeh tells 'Independent' that Egypt will no longer support blockade, IDF military operations in Gaza.
The success of the Moslem Brüderbund in Egyptian parliamentary elections and the Islamist party's pending inclusion in the government is a victory for the Paleostinians and puts Israel's security situation in peril, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh
...became Prime Minister after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank...
said in an interview with The Independent published on Saturday
| He somehow does not realize that if Israel's security is threatened, they will share the pain, by orders of magnitude... How he missed this after Operation Cast Lead is beyond understanding. |
While US State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland said Thursday that the Moslem Brüderbund had given Washington assurances that it would honor Egypt's peace treaty with Israel, Haniyeh said that Cairo would no longer close its border with Gazoo to help Israel blockade the territory, nor would it support any Israeli military operations in the Strip.
| Let us review: the already completed security fence surrounding Gaza from the Israeli side, the rapidly progressing security fence between Israel and Egypt in the Sinai, the approved proposals for security fences on Israel's borders with Jordan and Lebanon... Iron Dome, UAVs...and Egypt is going to run out of foreign currency to pay for 50% of the calories consumed by the population in three to four months. When they get that oh-so-distracting war with Israel that they want, how long d'you suppose they will enjoy the result? |
"The Paleostinian cause is winning," Haniyeh was quoted as saying by the Independent. "With the Moslem Brüderbund part of the government [in Egypt], they [the Egyptians] will not besiege Gazoo. They will not arrest Paleostinians. They will not give cover to Israel to launch a war."
| That is certainly one view. |
The Hamas leader stated that he envisions his cause benefiting from the changes occurring in the region, and Israel suffering from the developments.
"Gazoo was a main reason for the Arab Spring. It was people's anger at the regimes that co-operated with Israel and did not recognize the government here," Haniyeh said.
| Analysis is not the Palestinian forte', it is said. |
"Israel is disturbed by this. It knows the strategic environment is changing. Iran is an enemy. Relations are deteriorating with Turkey. With Egypt, they are really cold. Israel is in a security situation they have never been in before. The Paleostinians are winning more than anybody else due to what's happening in the Arab countries. That will come out clearly in the future," he added.
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