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February 2, 2011

Why Israel Is Worried About Egypt

Yossi Klein Halevi, New York Times

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Given the strengthening of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas's control of Gaza and the unraveling of the Turkish-Israeli alliance, an Islamist Egypt could produce the ultimate Israeli nightmare: living in a country surrounded by Iran's allies or proxies.

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TAGGED: Iran, Hosni Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt, Israel

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