Khalid ignored that Mursi got 52%, many of of them are anti Islamists and anti Mubarak, Ahmad Shafik got 48% many of them are also anti Islamist and anti Mubarak.
In the first rigged round Hamdeen Sabahi got 22%, Mursi got 25%, Shafik got 24%
However, as seyyed Nasralla said, anything after Mubarak would be better, and is not the end,
"The gene is out the bottle, and Israel and the west is righding the Tiger to behind the bars" Galloway
Israel dismayed by
by Khalid Amayreh
Sunday, July 1st, 2012
According to some Israeli strategic thinkers,
Palestinians wave green Islamic flags that represent Hamas and the Egyptian national flag as they celebrate the victory of Mohamed Mursi in the Egyptian presidential elections, in Gaza City on Sunday
Despite Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s diplomatic remarks, the Israeli media reacted to the
Netanyahu said Israel respected the democratic process in Egypt, calling on President Mursi to maintain the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.
Israel expects continued cooperation with the [new] Egyptian administration on the peace accord between the two countries, which is in the interest of the two peoples and contributes to regional stability,” read a terse statement issued by Netanyahu’s office.
As of now, Netanyahu has
Other Israeli officials sought to reassure Israelis, arguing that Mursi’s powers would be diluted by the Egyptian military and that his time and energy would be devoted to Egypt’s internal and economic problems, not to Palestinian affairs.
Nonetheless, prominent Israeli commentators almost unanimously caricatured a depressive image of relations between Israel and Egypt
Ron Ben-Yishai, a veteran journalist and editor-in-chief of Ynet, the English-language website of Yediot Aharonot, noted that for the first time in Egypt’s history, the country’s government adhered to what he called “blatant religious ideology”.
Yishai took note of the fact that Mursi was the first Egyptian president to be elected in truly democratic elections, adding that the era of secular colonels who ruled Egypt since the 1950s was over.
(According to Galloway the first round was rigged to put Egyptian between two bitter choices)
However, he argued that
In addition to highlighting the so-called “terror threat”, Yishai invoked the “danger” posed by the
Hence, Egypt’s Islamicisation constitutes a very negative harbinger for secular regimes that rely on the army, not only in Lebanon and Syria, but also in Jordan and the Palestinian Authority.” (And all Arab kingdoms. It constitutes a very positive harbinger for the Jewish State)
Another prominent commentator, Samadar Peri, wrote that
From our standpoint, when the presidential palace in Cairo is painted for the first time in Islamic colours, this is a
Real Liberation started from here, nothing can stop it |
Israel should be prepared for every eventuality, evoking the possibility of an
The Hebrew daily, Maariv, lamented that in the new Middle East, the fear has become reality, and the
Border wall with Egypt |
And while Israel is not worried about the possibility of war, at least in the immediate and foreseeable future, Tel Aviv is concerned with the change and how to respond.
“What happens, for example, if in a year from now Mursi gives the military an order to move a division to the Sinai Peninsula
Kats pointed out that Mursi’s victory would hinder Israel’s operational freedom the next time there is a flare up with Hamas, saying that air strikes in Gaza would quickly lead to a crisis with Cairo.
There is no doubt that Israel views the collapse of the Mubarak regime as a great political calamity. Indeed, the ascendancy to power in Cairo of an Islamist president must be even a
According
That would pose a real dilemma to Israel. On the one hand, Israel views stable relations with Egypt as a strategic asset. On the other hand, Israel cannot appear soft on the Palestinians, especially Hamas,” one Western diplomat told Al-Ahram Weekly.
In its 65 years of existence, Israel relied on two main pillars in pursuing territorial aggrandisement and defeating actual and potential enemies. First, securing and guaranteeing constant US political, economic and especially military backing, which gave Israel a qualitative military edge over all Arab adversaries combined.
The second pillar was courting and neutralising Arab
Israel’s lugubrious reactions to
Ismail Haniyeh, the elected prime minister of the Hamas-run government in Gaza, was seen holding a picture of Mursi aloft. And as night fell, popular rallies and marches were held all over the coastal enclave. Islamist speakers hailed Mursi’s victory as a victory for Egypt, Palestine and the entire Arab world, as well as for all free men and women in the world.
In contrast, Fatah’s reactions have been generally circumspect, lacking the enthusiasm characterising reactions by Islamists.
Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas has congratulated Mursi in a formal letter. However, it is widely thought that Fatah is worried that Egypt under Mursi will be closer to its rival, Hamas, a fear downplayed by the new Egyptian leadership.
- Netanyahu Congratulates Mursi, Urges Him to Uphold “Peace” Treaty
- Morsi, SCAF and the revolutionary left
- Little Hope for Change Among Egypt’s Poor
- A VOICE OF IGNORANCE DARKNESS AND BETRAYAL
- Mursi vows to rule for all Egyptians stopped short of specifically mentioning the 1979 Peace Treaty with Israel
- From Palestine To Arab Lands / Turn The Page And Keep The Cause
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