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Obama’s unreported Flipflop on Egypt in support of Hamas

By Erik Zimerman On July 23, 2014 · Add Comment · In Joab's Men

In respect to the current conflict in Gaza, the worldwide media has taken various stances on the issue. In general, there has been a great trend to morally equate the actions of the warring parties thus leading to a general anti-Israel bias since the discrepancy left is only that of the respective mounting body counts. All things being equal, Israel has killed many more Gazans in this round of battle, than vice versa. Of course the facts are that all things, as is most often the case, are not equal. For more background on the PR issue and the current conflict, you may wish to read these recent articles: Israel’s PR Errors, The driver behind the anti-Israel outcry, and the original piece on what led to the latest conflict (and even earlier) in the Gaza Strip. What the Media HAS Agreed On: Assuredly, not all press coverage has been skewed against Israel, with some of the coverage approaching a reasonable level of objectivity and balance, while a small but significant amount, such as Fox News, can be considered staunchly pro-Israel. In fact, this coverage has been enough, together with Israel’s PR efforts, to give the government enough confidence (thus [...]

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Islamist Morsi Takes down the Egyptian Army?

By Erik Zimerman On August 13, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Avvisi, Joab's Men

In a surprising move, and what seems to be a preemptive coup, Egypt’s new Islamist President (member of the jihadist Muslim Brotherhood) Muhammed Morsi has declared Field Marshal Tantawi and General Sami Hafez Anan, who led Egypt’s ruling military council (SCAF), “retired” along with other top Generals. Perhaps more importantly, he has cancelled the latest constitutional amendment (which gave the Army broader powers than the President), and replaced it with a new amendment, which actually grants the new President greater autocratic powers than those that Mubarak had previously held. So much for the “freedom protesters”. Interestingly, this comes in the wake of an Islamic attack in the Sinai-Gaza area which left 16 Egyptian security personnel dead and more wounded. As it stands, it APPEARS that this move was part of an agreement reached between Morsi and the leading Generals. That is far from certain, and it is mostly derived from the fact that both Generals were praised, thanked for their “patriotic” cooperation, given medals of honor, and declared henceforth Presidential advisers, a move which seems to point to immunity from prosecution and a peaceful retirement. Here the Lighthouse reports further updates on this showdown more recently reported on here. In that piece, the general picture of the showdown [...]

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Islamist Morsi Victor in Egypt, the Army retains Power – Obama and Iran in usual agreement and “I told you So’s”

By Erik Zimerman On June 26, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Against the Wind, Avvisi

Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood is the new President elect of Egypt. Just hours before the announcement was made on Sunday, The Lighthouse reported the following: The question is what is happening behind closed doors, and if the Generals will really give up the country to the Brotherhood? What seems to be taking place is that the army will declare them victorious, as long as they accept that they lead the government in name only. It will be a weak presidential office, and rubber stamp parliament (if it ever is allowed to convene) and real power will remain with the military. That appears to be exactly what happened. Morsi and the Islamists accepted the reduced powers of the office and Constitutional amendments in return for the military council declaring him the winner albeit by a very small margin. The constitutional amendments effectively reduce the President to that of a Governor of a province or state. The army retains full independence in action, appointments of Generals and of the Minister of Defense (currently the real boss in Egypt, the formidable Gen. Tantawi). The President cannot declare war nor peace, and cannot even deploy troops internally without the Military’s consent. In Egypt, the army is deeply intertwined with the industrial and financial base of the country. The [...]

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Egypt Showdown – “Arab Spring” Update

By Erik Zimerman On June 24, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Avvisi, Joab's Men

We are told that in mere moments, we will hear the announcements of the heavily contested elections in Egypt. The two leading candidates are Ahmed Shafiq (Mubarak’s last Prime Minister) the Muslim Brotherhood’s er Mohammed Morsi. Neither are really the “cream of the crop” in terms of their respective camps, but the election process turned out this way as each side tried to not scare the other too much. Morsi was relatively unknown among the Islamists, and this is precisely why he was chosen as a candidate for the previously banned Muslim Brotherhood (mother of Egyptian Jihad and Hamas). Other candidates it was feared, would inspire too much fear by the middle class and more secular sections of Egyptian society. Likewise, Omar Suleiman, a master diplomat and long time feared intelligence chief under Mubarak who not only survived the revolution, avoided prosecution but also became very popular as a critic of the Muslim Brotherhood post Mubarak, had earlier announced his candidacy. Suleiman was quickly barred from running. He was considered too close politically to Hosni Mubarak, as his Vice President and spy chief. The faces of the rabble at Tahir Square did not represent the broad spectrum of society in Egypt, as I [...]

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Obama’s unreported Flipflop on Egypt in support of Hamas

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Islamist Morsi Victor in Egypt, the Army retains Power – Obama and Iran in usual agreement and “I told you So’s”

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