(Washington Post) Sallai Meridor - It is not a democratic Egypt that Israelis fear but the prospect of Egypt being hijacked by enemies of democracy, of Israel and of the U.S. Should the government of Hosni Mubarak be replaced by one not truly committed to freedom and peace, the consequences for Israel could be devastating. Since the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel, there has not been even one war between Israel and Arab states. Yet if the peace with Egypt dissolves, the risks to the Jewish state and its citizens cannot be overstated. If Israel's western neighbor turns hostile, where would that leave our eastern neighbor, Jordan? The writer was Israel's ambassador to the U.S. from 2005 to 2009.
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