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2023-02-01 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

In meeting with Abbas, Blinken laments deaths of ‘innocent Palestinian civilians’

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-02-01 02:33|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Ya think Abbas knows Blinken's ghey? Of course if it was good enough for Yasser...

Posted by Frank G 2023-02-01 10:04|| 2023-02-01 10:04|| Front Page Top

#2 I think if one returns to Hillary Clinton's Arab Spring, the ouster of Mubarak in Egypt in February 2011, and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, you will find in the conflict that followed the same 'lamenting' of "innocent Palestinian civilians" that you see in today's Israel Times.
To review: In October 2011, and for the first time ever, Senior members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) arrived in Gaza. In Egypt the MB was expected to win upcoming elections. And in Gaza, Hamas, a MB satrapy, consolidated its ties with Cairo while strengthening its recent power-grab in Gaza. Ironically, Hamas was under pressure from Iran to allow the local Islamic Jihad to do its terrorist thing. Consequently, as attacks on Israel grew, Hamas was inclined to join the more radical elements and support attacks on Israel. The result, as the media had it, was the death "of innocent civilians" on both sides.
At this moment, as the Palestinian radicals ratchet up their attacks, Cairo’s recent willingness to downplay Islamist attacks and come down hard on Israel's response to terrorism, seems to be an unwelcome change for the worse. There is the smell of a new Egypt in the air -- a la 2011. And one wonders if Israel has entered an epoch of tit-for-tat warfare similar to that which occurred in the immediate post-Mubarak period in Egypt.

Posted by Slavising Unineting5672 2023-02-01 10:54|| 2023-02-01 10:54|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ So, how long does Egypt allow Christian /Coptic churches to "flourish"?

Posted by Frank G 2023-02-01 11:36|| 2023-02-01 11:36|| Front Page Top

#4 At this moment, as the Palestinian radicals ratchet up their attacks, Cairo’s recent willingness to downplay Islamist attacks and come down hard on Israel's response to terrorism, seems to be an unwelcome change for the worse.

That's how it feels to me, too. Bless you for putting it into words for me.

how long does Egypt allow Christian /Coptic churches to "flourish"?

When the national government is officially allowing tens of Christian churches to be repaired, paid for by the worshippers— while ignoring that the neighbours and/or the local government are physically blocking the work — even as thousands of mosques are built and staffed on the government dime, it’s a Potemkin kind of flourishing.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-02-01 13:30|| 2023-02-01 13:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Let a Hundred Madrasahs!

We flowers who bloom by the Nile...
For now, and perhaps for a while,
Number fifteen percent
And pay tribute, not rent,
To Mohammedan crocodiles. [smile]

Posted by Chunky Ebbomolet3742 2023-02-01 14:10|| 2023-02-01 14:10|| Front Page Top

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