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those strikes were focused solely on the destruction of weapons depot=, and that Israel has given no indication of wanting to intervene any furt=er. Jerusalem, ultimately, has little interest in actively hastening the f=ll of Bashar al-Assad. Israel knows one important thin= about the Assads: for the past
However, at the same time,=the Egyptian government is not helping itself or allowing others to help i= to fix the situation. What does it mean for Kandil to name an al-Azhar professor specializing in Islamic jurisprud=nce and murabaha (Sharia-compliant sale) as the country's new finance mi=ister? What
ring, of this latest flare-up in Israeli-Palestinian violence. Changing Power Structures The current conflict recalls the war of 2008- 2009, when Jerusalem chose to retaliate with a military strike against continued rocket and mortar fire from Gaza shortly after a US election and just months ahead of
region. Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil spent three hours visiting the Gaza Strip on Friday morning. Despite agreeing to a ceasefire during Kandil's brief visit with Hamas leaders, Israeli air strikes continued there, while Hamas fired further rockets at Israel. Three days into what Israel i
le, prominent Muslim Brothers have made hostile gestures towards=lsrael in recent months, including the Supreme Guide's call for a "holy ji=ad" for Jerusalem<http://www.ikhwanonline.com/new/Article.aspx?SecID=213=ArtID=124850>, as well as Morsi's answering "amen" to an imam who prayed=for the destruction
Gaza since Hamas took control in 2007, the visit of such a high-ra=king Egyptian creates a dilemma for Israel. Intense bombing during or befo=e Mr. Kandil's visit could be a public relations disaster internationall=, but agreeing to a cease-fire without responding harshly to the rocket fi=e near Tel Av
Entities connected to both Jerusalem and Kandil

Barack Obama
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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United States
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Fatah
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Mahmoud Abbas
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Bashar al-Assad
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Middle East
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Cairo
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Tel Aviv
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Saddam Hussein
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Ehud Barak
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Vladimir Putin
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Hosni Mubarak
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Damascus
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Sudan
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Beirut
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