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How bad is the Brotherhood?
Yonatan Silverman
Published: 23.01.12, 00:38
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1. I don't expect them to be Zionists... but this article is..
Rafi ,   US   (01.23.12)
pure bunk! You've given us virtually no current info, just a lot of history re-treads that we already knew. What NEW & USEFUL info have you provided??
2. aw so jews can elect jew theocratic parties
kren   (01.23.12)
but arabs cant just because their leader wont be a jew/israel stooge?
3. EGYPTIANS =LOOSERS.
UNCLE JOE ,   CONN USA   (01.23.12)
GOOD .the egyptians will live in even worse poverty and repression than ever, and will accomplish nothing for their people . egyptians will someday end up begging for grain like sudan and somalia AND MOST CERTAINLY AND UNDOUBTEDLY , CAN NEVER BEAT ISRAEL . let them bark like the rabid dogs they are all they want. but we should publish all their incitement to murder sayings and statements [religion of pees]in the wider media as much as possible.for all who do not know,but hear that islam is a religion of peace ,to see, read ,and learn all about this EVIL CULT . PUBLISH IT everywhere you can .i think they are doing ISRAEL a big favor , by running their muzzles.[mouth]. GOD BLESS THE HEBREW STATE ,and thank you YNET . by the way where is everybody today .
4. Sharia Law for Egypt will only lead
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (01.23.12)
to the Muslim version of pure hell for Israel
5. This is new news?
Nissim ,   NYC   (01.23.12)
The Ikhwan is a well known organization and this is long known. Are you just waking up to this news? Here's the issue: Democracy - 1 man, 1 vote Egypt - split classes between 1) rich & corrupt, 2) middle class & moderate, 3) poor & uneducated + group 3 is the largest so it's only expected that this was going to happen. the second the first rally happened. stop being so hopeful about the Arab Spring bringing peace. it's going to bring war. all of the talk about Israel being rapacious about water, gas, etc. - it's the same as the euro anti-semitism - just state level this time. iranians say they intend on wiping us off the map, the ikhwan warns of dark days ahead, hizbullah and hamas the same. what would you say is going to happen?
6. Israeli politicians will be among the first to assure you,
tom ,   tel aviv   (01.23.12)
that it's "not so bad". Remember Oslo? -THAT was a great idea too. Gaza? -Even better. Lebanon? - A huge, certified success... and so on and so on.....and many of you will buy it one more time: just like we re-purchase the same music over again because of new "Media"!
7. Read hassan al bana ,MB founder biography
Trumpeldor   (01.23.12)
and make your own opinion. To me,war is coming !
8. No brotherly love here
Silkey ,   Denmark   (01.23.12)
Tarek Fatah confirms this article's stance in his book, "The Jew Is Not My Enemy." The Brotherhood did indeed further the propaganda of Mein Kampf and the Protocols. Antisemitism was transplanted from European soil to the Middle East by the Muslim Brotherhood and the mufti of Jerusalem. Also see Sayyid Qurb, who was executed by Nasser. I doubt we will be seeing young men and women students demonstrating side by side in the future. I cherished my annual trips to the Sinai in the 70's & 80's and now i know those days are numbered too. Sad day for Egypt and her people.
9. Arabs in Egyipt
Istvan ,   BUDAPEST HUNGARY   (01.23.12)
There are two part of the arab nation. The nomad bedouins and the settled, agriculture oriented fellah. They do not like each other very much since thousand years.Israel would use the momentum, when Muslim extremist take power Egyipt and demand a new, bedouin state in eastern Sinai Peninsula. Then no direct contact with Egypt, and they can do anything what they want.
10. scapegoats
Berk ,   Amsterdam, Holland   (01.23.12)
Poor, unhappy people (egyptians) always continue to looking for scapegoats (israel, US).
11. Only return of Sinai can create balance with Egypt.
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (01.23.12)
12. Shahat (a Salafist) when asked of Pharaonic relics said:
Ypip ,   Canada   (01.23.12)
we'll simply cover them with wax. No Copt should ever be in a position of power. Thousands of documents of the Institut d'Egypte have been destroyed. CNN and the French public affairs network in Alexandria have been replaced with religious sermons instead. Salafist, or MB, doesn't matter - Egypt's heading further and further down a dangerous and dark future for ITSELF.
13. How bad is the Brotherhood?
Billy ,   Burlington, Canada   (01.23.12)
The article is very balanced & gives good insight of the situation. The question is, How bad are they for Israel! For the Egyptians, I guess they're beneficial! They're patriots & reformers. Beside being well organized, widely spread & mostly pretty well skillful & educated! We have to face the reality! They're good for Egyptians! But not on the personal liberty & democratic front! If we'll consider that 45% of Egyptians are below the poverty line and they're religious people by large, then brotherhood is a kind of social progress for them. For Israel, on the other hand, it's a disaster! They're same as Hamas! Having a free election in Egypt now is a big mistake! Same when happened in Gaza! The intellectual secular class in Egypt will definitely be marginalized. That's bad! It's pretty sad at the same time.
14. Death Certificate
zivron   (01.24.12)
The brotherhood and salafi are endangering egypt with provocation upon holocaust traumatized israel and the pace toward a catastrophic conflict is being accelerated .Many on both sides will suffer . The jews ought prepare fast.
15. #11
jjv ,   phila pa usa   (03.22.12)
What rock have you been sleeping under? The Sinai was given back years ago, under Anwar Sadat...
16. Alternative Homeland
Jakob Levantine ,   Kiev Ukraine   (11.19.12)
Has anyone heard of The Jewish Automomous Oblast in East Russia ?
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