\u201cOur real fear is that you have a situation that may develop of very quick changes taking place\u201d that are devoid of modern democracy and \u201cwhere you see the form of fundamentalist Islam,\u201d Netanyahu said at a news conference to mark a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
On top of this, he\u2019s not-so-quietly lobbying EU and U.S. leaders to show more support for Mubarak.<\/p>\n
Yes, Bibi, we\u2019re all afraid of fundamentalist Islam taking over.\u00a0 We also know that among the protesting Egyptians are those who are both for and against continuing the cold peace with Israel.\u00a0 But all of them hate Mubarak.\u00a0 How exactly does it help prevent an Islamist takeover to have Israeli Jews, not beloved of Egyptians, side with their hated dictator?<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what he should have said.\u00a0 \u201cWe are confident that whatever the decision of the Egyptian people may be about their leadership, they will continue to honor all of their international obligations, including treaties signed with Israel.<\/p>\n
This is not high level diplomatic thinking.\u00a0 This is just common sense.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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