4.2.11

Hosni Mubarak splits Israel from neocon supporters - Ben Smith and Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.com

Hosni Mubarak splits Israel from neocon supporters - Ben Smith and Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.com: "As Israeli leaders worriedly eye the protests and street battles in neighboring Egypt, they’ve been dismayed to find that the neoconservatives and hawkish Democrats who are usually their most reliable American advocates are cheering for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s fall.

The Egyptian autocrat has kept his side of a chilly peace agreement with Israel for thirty years, permitting an era of relative stability in the Jewish state. And as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear in a cautious speech to the Knesset Wednesday, Israel is deeply worried what will happen to that relationship when Mubarak departs."

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