[Jerusalem Post] Ruthie Blum - Hillel Fradkin, director of the Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World at the Hudson Institute in Washington, said in an interview: "The Muslim Brotherhood has in general always looked forward to such a day - to the establishment of an 'Islamic state' as it understands it. The new situation in Gaza represents for the Brotherhood as a whole an inspiring 'achievement.' However, until last week, the 'state of Gaza' was limited in its access to the world, including to Egypt. The breach in the wall changed that. One might say that Gaza now, at least temporarily, has become linked to the Egyptian economy, and in this and other ways has become the responsibility of Egypt. It is almost as if Egypt now has a 'Brotherhood province.'"
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