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It's "in talks with other anti-government figures to form a national unity party government," including Mohammed ElBaradei. On June 4, 2009, Haaretz writers Zvi Bar'el and Avi Issaccharoff headlined, "Obama met Muslim Brotherhood members in US," saying:
Egypt's daily newspaper Almasry Alyoum said he met US and European-based members. "According to the report," they requested no publicity, "express(ing) support for democracy and the war on terror." They also backed "all agreements Egypt has signed with foreign countries."
Referring to Obama's upcoming Cairo speech at the time, Haaretz said "a highly unusual audience" would be present, including "Israel's ambassador to Egypt, Shalom Cohen....seated not far from Iran's representative and the 11 members of the Egyptian Parliament who belong to the Muslim Brotherhood." In fact, "(T)he White House constructed the guest list together with the director-general of Mubarak's office, and (he) personally authorized the result."
A Final Comment
On January 29, Electronic Intifada co-founder Ali Abunimah headlined, Egypt's uprising and its implications for Palestine," saying:
Though accurate predictions aren't possible, (i)f the Mubarak regime goes, the United States will lose enormous leverage over the situation in Palestine, and Abbas' PA will lose one of its main allies against Hamas."
Already discredited by the leaked Palestine Papers, "the PA will be weakened even further," compounding an internal Fatah split and future relations with Hamas, including a new Egyptian regime's position on enforcing Gaza's siege.
Palestinians may also feel emboldened by "(t)he relative ease with which Tunisians threw off their dictator, and the speed with which Egypt, and perhaps Yemen, seem to be going down the same road...."
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