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Red Alert: Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood
The following is a report from a STRATFOR source in Hamas. Hamas,
which formed in Gaza as an outgrowth of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
(MB), has an interest in exaggerating its role and coordination with the
MB in this crisis. The following information has not been confirmed.
Nonetheless, there is a great deal of concern building in Israel and the
United States in particular over the role of the MB in the
demonstrations and whether a political opening will be made for the
Islamist organization in Egypt.
The Egyptian police are no longer patrolling the Rafah border crossing into Gaza. Hamas armed men are entering into Egypt and are closely collaborating with the MB. The MB has fully engaged itself in the demonstrations, and they are unsatisfied with the dismissal of the Cabinet. They are insisting on a new Cabinet that does not include members of the ruling National Democratic Party. Read more »
The Egyptian police are no longer patrolling the Rafah border crossing into Gaza. Hamas armed men are entering into Egypt and are closely collaborating with the MB. The MB has fully engaged itself in the demonstrations, and they are unsatisfied with the dismissal of the Cabinet. They are insisting on a new Cabinet that does not include members of the ruling National Democratic Party. Read more »
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