more very serious developments, but not unexpected:
Israel’s Dep. C-of-S Gen Kaplinsky: Mubarak regime shows early signs of instability
February 23, 2006, 10:43 AM (GMT+02:00)
Wednesday, Feb. 22, the day General Yair Naveh caused a diplomatic row by his comment on the Hashemite throne in Jordan, deputy chief of staff Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky referred to Egypt at a lecture in Haifa. The Mubarak regime, he said, showed early signs of instability because of the rising strength of the radical Muslim Brotherhood in democratic elections which US president George Bush is pushing forward in the Middle East.
DEBKAfile adds: In reality, this general, like his colleague and other security experts, was firing a broadside at his own government, rather than Israel‘s two Arab peace partners, Egypt and Jordan, for permitting a branch of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the Hamas, to seize Palestinian government. They regard Hamas as a strategic threat to Israel and destabilizing element for its neighbors.
The generals hope their warnings do not continue to fall on deaf ears in Jerusalem |
