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Critical Connections
Egypt, the US and the Israel Lobby

For the past 30-plus years, Egypt has been among those despotic regimes supported by the U.S. and Israel in return for turning its back on Palestinians.

(SACRAMENTO) - Minimally explored in all the coverage of the momentous Egyptian uprising taking place over the last 10 days are the Israeli connections.

A central and critical reality is that it is US tax money that has propped up Hosni Mubarak’s despotic regime over the past 30 years, and that this money has flowed, from the beginning, largely on behalf of Israel.

Netanyahu & Co. Must be Proud of Mubarak and his Thugs

In theory it’s now Egypt’s generals who will decide when Mubarak goes.

(LONDON) - For many years I believed that Israel’s leaders have no equals in the business of saying one thing and doing another. But Mubarak has proved me wrong.

He went on television to tell Egyptians that he would be staying on for some months because only he could restore stability and set the stage for it to continue after he stepped down.

Neocons` Tepid Reaction to the Egyptian Democratic Revolution

Neocons are willing to consider destabilizing Egypt sometime in the future.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The uprisings currently taking place against the autocratic regimes in the Middle East would seem to be in line with the neoconservatives’ advocacy of radical democratic change in the region.

But there is one significant difference.

As Tahrir Square Goes so Goes the Middle East?

The eyes, hope and solidarity of much of the Middle East are on Tahrir Square and the bloodied but unbowed Egyptian people.

(BEIRUT) - It is difficult to overstate the potential for Egyptian citizens advancing universal aspirations for freedom, dignity and basic human rights.

These are now spreading from the determination of those who for more than a week have risked their lives while inspiring much of the World at Cairo’s Tahrir Square.

Obama` Lost Moment and Failure in Egypt

A game changing moment in history was lost by Obama’s unwillingness to get behind the movement for democracy, as he had done in places such as Iran.

(JAMESTOWN, R.I.) - This will be very difficult for Obama supporters to accept, but the violence in Egypt is due in part to disastrous American foreign policy.

Recent administrations have little if any sense of what the feeling of the street has been in Egypt; and because Mr. Mubarak was happy with his 1.3 billion dollar bribe each year, the administration naively assumed the street was happy.

Unraveling the Illusion: the Democracy that Never Was

“The only people in Egypt who are committed to peace are the people in Mubarak’s inner circle, and if the next president is not one of them, we are going to be in trouble.” (Eli Shaked, former Israeli ambassador to Cairo, in Yediot Ahronot)

(LAVERNE, Calif.) - Egypt's people were disenfranchised from power, controlled by brutal police so a resident dictator that will do the bidding of America’s military-industrial complex.

Virtually nothing is left for humanitarian needs or domestic relief. The people have had enough.

Syria`s Anger Day Looms

The Syrian Revolution 2011 is on...

(SALEM, Ore.) - Revolution is contagious, and the next round of demonstrations will begin at noon in Syria; The Syrian Anger Day will see supportive protests in Canada, the USA, London, France, Sweden, Denmark, Qatar and the UAE.

The protests inside Syria will happen in front Of all Syrian Embassies. The connection point is Facebook, where over 14,000 joined the page today.

All the President`s Men in Egypt

Only a criminal regime could allow such criminal acts to dominate and terrorize innocent people with impunity.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Throughout the last week anti-Mubarak protesters have been demonstrating peacefully on daily basis in Tahrir square.

And on Tuesday when their numbers have exceeded one million protesters and despite the prior fear of loss of control over the crowds the whole day went by smoothly and with a displayed sense of jubilation and solidarity.

All-Out Witch-Hunt Against Media in Egypt

“It seems that journalists are no longer safe anywhere in Cairo..." - Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard

(CAIRO) - Reporters Without Borders is horrified by what appears to be an all-out witch-hunt against news media that are covering events in Egypt.

They're concerned for all the journalists currently in Cairo, especially on the eve of a major demonstration planned by President Hosni Mubarak’s opponents for tomorrow, which they are describing as the deadline for his departure.

A Special Place in Hell
As an Israeli, I Want the Egyptians to Win

Israel's sense of entitlement is a curse, and we are all either under its spell or under its shadow; only the inconceivable that turns into the inevitable can bring change to this place.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - I want the Egyptian people to win their revolution. And I say this as an Israeli.