Monday, January 30, 2006

Shanghai’d

Debkafile is reporting that a surprise is awaiting Israeli Foreign Minister during her scheduled trip to Cairo:
The Egyptian resident’s office in Cairo left Livni’s office in Jerusalem in the dark about his plan to try his hand at mediation between the Olmert government, Abbas and Hamas, according to DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources. They also neglected to inform the Israeli minister that after her talks with Mubarak, she would be led to see Egyptian intelligence minister Omar Suleiman and that Mashaal would follow directly in her footsteps.

Mubarak will hear out the Israeli minister’s report on her government’s position regarding the boycott of a Hamas government, after which he will describe how he has co-existed with the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas’s parent organization, for 25 years. He will urge Israel to follow his example.

Oy. I cannot vouch for the reliability of the report but I stand in gall of the idea. If the Egyptians think they can pull this off without any particularly embarrassing ramifications politically because the Israeli Foreign Minister is a woman - they are soon to feel wrath of a woman scorned.

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