Thursday, July 4, 2013

The spotlight is on Cairo and Tahrir, but Hamas remains an Israeli concern

Frimet/Arnold Roth..
This Ongoing War..
04 July '13..

It's too early of course for anyone to know how the drama in Egypt will play out other than to say - which is sadly obvious - there will be blood. The headlines this morning at the Times of Israel, to give just one example, bear this out:

At least 9 killed in clashes following Morsi’s ouster | Deposed Egyptian president placed under house arrest; troops surround Islamist rallies, where Muslim Brotherhood supporters vow to fight to the end [Times of Israel]

But far from the screaming headlines and the real-time televised coverage of fireworks and mass rallies, there remains plenty of scope for the terrorism-addicted Hamas to continue causing serious trouble. For instance this just in:

4 Hamas operatives arrested in Cairo | ’Explosives, fake uniforms found in raid on apartment | TOI | July 4, 2013, 4:46 am | Four Hamas operatives were arrested at their home in a Cairo suburb on suspicion of planning a terror attack, Egypt’s el-Ahram reported. Security forces found explosives in the apartment, as well as military and police uniforms. The ouster of Egypt’s Islamist president Mohammed Morsi Wednesday struck a blow to the Gaza-based terror organization. The Muslim Brotherhood is considered Hamas’s parent movement and its fall from power will likely weaken Hamas’s regional standing as well.

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