The Gaza Breakout

[Wall Street Journal] Bret Stephens - Gaza is sovereign Hamas territory, Hamas is the Palestinian branch of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, and Egypt - not Israel - is the country that has most to fear from a statelet that is at once the toehold, sanctuary, and springboard of an Islamist revolution. "The situation in Sinai now poses the greatest threat to Egypt's national security," writes one perceptive Egyptian blogger. "Any Palestinian crossing the border could take with him weapons and explosives and supply them to al-Qaeda-affiliated groups in Sinai."


2008-01-29 01:00:00

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