Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The Deteriorating Trend Of Israeli - Egyptian Relations


Israel Preparing For Day When It Has No Relations With Egypt -- McClatchy News

JERUSALEM — The surreptitious departure of Israel's ambassador from Egypt on Tuesday symbolized to many Israeli officials the new state of affairs between the neighboring countries.

Yitzhak Lebanon flew out of Cairo International Airport for the last time, ending his time in Cairo without a departure ceremony or even a nod of farewell from Egypt's foreign ministry. He had hardly been active in Cairo, having fled the Israeli Embassy there in September when rioters attacked and burned down part of the building. Since then, he has remained stationed in Israel, flying back occasionally for diplomatic meetings and to formally close his offices.

But Israeli officials saw his unheralded departure as a sign of Israeli-Egyptian relations to come.

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My Comment
: There is one thing that I can take to the bank .... when the situation in Egypt has stabilized, the odds are that a more Islamic oriented government will be in place. And with their natural antipathy towards the Jewish state in Israel .... the best that Israel can hope for is that the Egyptian government will remain neutral.

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