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February 16, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4029254,00.html

Egypt Is Not Iran

(Ynet News) Mordechai Nisan - As Arabs, the Egyptians oppose the Persians; as Sunnis, they revile the Shiites. Iran has become the enemy of Egypt and a threat to its regional strategic interests. Syria's bolting from the Arab world for friendship with Iran, and Lebanon succumbing to Iran, are odious signs for the Egyptians. The fundamentalist Islamic regime in Tehran is at variance with Egypt's political culture and threatening to its national interests. Iran saw the political earthquake in Egypt as vindicating the power of Islam and the spread and unification of a single Muslim empire across the region. But the Egyptian people are not going to submit to an Iranian script and leadership. The writer recently retired from teaching Middle East Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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