Israel offered Mubarak asylum

I think he should have kept his mouth shut about it, but former Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer is telling anyone who will listen that Israel offered asylum to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. "I was in touch with him every day for 20-30 minutes during the [Egyptian] revolution. He didn't estimate properly the explosive nature of the rallies," Ben-Eliezer said."When I saw how it was heading, I

Egypt's mobocracy

Well, what a shock. Ordinary Egyptians joined with the Egyptian army to drive 'pro-democracy' protesters from Cairo's Tahrir Square (Hat Tip: Memeorandum). Squeezed between an assertive military and the country's resurgent Islamist movement, many Internet-savvy, pro-democracy activists are finding it increasingly hard to remain relevant in a post-revolutionary Egypt that is struggling to

Change?

In Egypt, conspiracy theories blaming Jews and Israel continue to be part of the public discourse. Conspiracy theories have been a part of Egypt's political discourse since the days of populist President Gamal Abdul Nasser, who toppled the Egyptian monarchy almost 60 years ago and was the first in a line of dictators that ended with Mubarak."There always has to be a foreign threat," Henry said.

Mubarak: Israel pays more for natural gas than any other country

Posting will be lighter for the next several hours since Mrs. Carl and I are attending a function at one of our children's yeshivas.Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has told investigators that Israel pays a much higher price for natural gas than any other country to which Egypt sells the fuel. In fact, Mubarak claims that Israel pays three times as much as anyone else. Former Egyptian