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Israeli Knesset Member: Israel ‘Should Start Preparing For a Conflict’ With Egypt


By Itamar Eichner – “Knesset Member Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, a close friend of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, warned that the latest developments in Egypt indicate that ‘over time Israel will find itself in a head-on confrontation’ with its Arab neighbor.

Ben-Eliezer (Labor) told the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Monday that Israel ‘should start preparing for a conflict’ with Egypt.

‘We are in the midst of an earthquake, and I still can’t see it subsiding, definitely not in the near future when elections are on the horizon (in Egypt),’ Ben-Eliezer told Yedioth Ahronoth.

‘Today it is clear that for the first time in history the Muslim Brotherhood will win at least a third (of the seats in parliament). Islamization is taking the place of nationalism,’ the MK said.

According to Ben-Eliezer, ‘We are in a situation whereby no one can predict how the new Egyptian leadership will look like (following elections).'” Read more.

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