(New York Times) Shmuel Rosner - If Israelis are rooting for Egypt's military, it's because they want a government next door that will respect the two countries' peace treaty. And it's because the military is the only institution in Egypt today that can prevent the Sinai Peninsula from becoming a safe haven for radicalism. Israelis are being pragmatic, and that might look ugly, but that's what experience has taught them.
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