NOVANEWS
President predicts ‘no external source can save Egypt’ adding Israel should not intervene or gloat in wake of Cairo’s situation
ed note–in these few short comments, we can plainly see the hidden role Israel is playing in the various dramas taking place in the region, from the revolution in Egypt to attacking its moral fiber to what is going on in Syria, and all the while, as Peres broadcasts the evidence of Israel’s involvement in these dramas, he feigns innocence.
“If the Egyptians ban bikinis, they won’t have tourism,” said President Shimon Peres on Wednesday following the Muslim Brotherhood’s rise to power and the nomination of Khairat el-Shater as a presidential candidate in Egypt’s elections.
“We offered the Arabs help but they declined, on their own account not ours,” Peres added during a joint military tour with IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz in the Golan Heights.
Peres predicted that “no external source can save Egypt, it will only be saved from within. The youth will return to the squares, this time with a plan.”
He added, “The Egyptian army is protecting itself… We mustn’t intervene, degrade or rejoice over what will happen there. We have a good relationship with them and it must be preserved.”
As for the situation in Syria, Peres remarked: “Assad is more brutal than is father and less smart than him. He is hopeless because he spilled more of his people’s blood than his father. He’s uniting the world against him.”
The president believes that “Assad’s fall will be the final blow to Hezbollah. We’ve avoided attacking strategic targets in Lebanon up until now, but if missiles soar over our heads we’ll know how to respond.”
“Whatever happens in Syria will affect Israel’s defense array. We have military power but we also need to develop political intelligence. We must make peace with the Palestinians so the conflict won’t serve the extremists’ cause,” Peres concluded.
