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194856
Wed, 07/13/2011 - 14:56
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Egyptian Analyst: Israel Stunned by Regional Revolutions
TEHRAN (FNA)- A prominent Egyptian analyst described popular uprisings in the region, the Egyptian revolution in particular, as a baffling development to Israel, saying that Tel Aviv is stunned by the ongoing Arab spring.
"Since the onset of the Egyptian revolution, Israel had been in a state of confusion and bafflement. It didn't even conceal it since Israel was not able to predict it," Head of the Israel Studies at Al-Azhar University Mohammad Abu Ghadir told FNA on Wednesday.
He said that Tel Aviv rebuked the intelligence chief of its army because just a short time before the Egyptian revolution, he had said that Egypt was a stable country for ties and activities of Israel and predicted that there would be no imminent change in Egypt.
Meantime, Abu Ghadir cautioned that Tel Aviv may resort to an all-out conflict in a bid to make Arab revolutions futile, revive the Great Middle-East Plan and start its desirable change in the region.
Since the beginning of 2011, the region has witnessed an unprecedentedly overwhelming wave of change.
Tunisia saw the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in a popular revolution in January, which was soon followed by a revolution which toppled Hosni Mubarak in Egypt in February.
Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Yemen have since been the scene of protests against their totalitarian rulers, who have resorted to brutal crackdown on demonstrations to silence their critics.
Bahrain and Yemen, however, have experienced the deadliest clashes, while in Bahrain the military intervention of the Saudi-led forces from the neighboring Arab states has further fueled the crisis in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
"Since the onset of the Egyptian revolution, Israel had been in a state of confusion and bafflement. It didn't even conceal it since Israel was not able to predict it," Head of the Israel Studies at Al-Azhar University Mohammad Abu Ghadir told FNA on Wednesday.
He said that Tel Aviv rebuked the intelligence chief of its army because just a short time before the Egyptian revolution, he had said that Egypt was a stable country for ties and activities of Israel and predicted that there would be no imminent change in Egypt.
Meantime, Abu Ghadir cautioned that Tel Aviv may resort to an all-out conflict in a bid to make Arab revolutions futile, revive the Great Middle-East Plan and start its desirable change in the region.
Since the beginning of 2011, the region has witnessed an unprecedentedly overwhelming wave of change.
Tunisia saw the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in a popular revolution in January, which was soon followed by a revolution which toppled Hosni Mubarak in Egypt in February.
Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Yemen have since been the scene of protests against their totalitarian rulers, who have resorted to brutal crackdown on demonstrations to silence their critics.
Bahrain and Yemen, however, have experienced the deadliest clashes, while in Bahrain the military intervention of the Saudi-led forces from the neighboring Arab states has further fueled the crisis in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
