Pray for Peace
by Gil Ronen
In talks with diplomatic officials Wednesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu noted that Israel's interest is maintaining the peace with Egypt, a Government Press Office statement said. Israel believes that the international community must insist that any Egyptian government maintain the peace treaty with Israel, the government statement added.
"Israel is a democracy and supports the advance of liberal and democratic values in the Middle East. The advancement of those values is good for peace.
"But if extremist forces are allowed to exploit democratic processes to come to power to advance anti-democratic goals – as has happened in Iran and elsewhere – the outcome will be bad for peace and bad for democracy."
Netanyahu has been careful not to make statements about the Egypt situation until now and sternly instructed his ministers to refrain from commenting when the demonstrations and rioting there broke out. The statement to diplomats reflects Israel's concern that the apparent overthrow of the regime of Hosni Mubarak could lead to the installation of a more Islamist government. The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has vowed to annul the 1979 peace treaty with Egypt if elected.
Egyptian President Mubarak that he will not be seeking another term as president. He said, however, that he does not intend on stepping down before the scheduled presidential elections in September.
(IsraelNationalNews.com)
My note:
Israel uses great wisdom in knowing when to remain silent and when to speak. Its leaders remember history i.e. Iran, and understand the Middle East better than all nations in the world. It understands through not just its history, but also, from experience. That being said, it is sad to think that the individual in the White House refused to gain insight or advice from our ally Israel. America would have not jumped off a cliff in supporting the Muslim Brotherhood transition, if only our president had not trusted in his own judgment before making such a wild decision - a decision that will come back to haunt us one day.
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