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by Khaled Abu Toameh
• February 4, 2015 at 5:00 am
Many
Egyptians and moderate Arabs and Muslims were shocked to hear that the
U.S. State Department recently hosted a Muslim Brotherhood delegation.
They were equally shocked when an EU court decided to remove Hamas from
the bloc's list of terror groups.
"Just
two days after the controversial visit, the Brotherhood called for a war
against their fellow Egyptians." — Linda S. Heard, Middle East
Expert, Gulf News.
"The
Muslim Brotherhood is seeking to return to the political arena through
the American door and terrorist attacks. The U.S. policy appears to be
devious and unreliable." — Ezzat Ibrahim, columnist, Al Ahram.
"[Ousted
Egyptian President] Mohamed Morsi, before his election, described these
Jews as descendants of apes and pigs. In English, the Muslim Brotherhood
says one thing and in Arabic something completely different." —
Mohamed Salmawi, Egyptian columnist
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While being hosted by the State Department on a
visit to Washington, Muslim Brotherhood judge Waleed Sharaby (left)
flashed the organization's four-finger "Rabia" sign. At
right, ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (from the Muslim
Brotherhood) displays the Rabia sign.
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While the Egyptian government has been waging war on the Muslim
Brotherhood and other Islamic radical groups, the U.S. Administration and
some Europeans are continuing to hamper efforts to combat terrorism.
Many Egyptians and moderate Arabs and Muslims were shocked to hear
that the U.S. State Department recently hosted a Muslim Brotherhood
delegation. They were equally shocked when an EU court decided to remove
Hamas from the bloc's list of terror groups.
The State Department's hosting of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders has
outraged Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Sisi, who has been waging a
relentless war against the organization over the past year.
by Peter Martino
• February 4, 2015 at 4:00 am
Greece's
new Syriza is not only demanding a haircut from the rest of the European
Union of nearly $200 billion, or 88% of the Greek GDP. It is also pushing
for a fundamental change in Europe's foreign policy, from a pro-Atlantic
orientation to a pro-Russian one.
Syriza
is not a friend of Israel or NATO, either. Spain seems to be following
suit. Neither Syriza nor Podemos is expected to install a Stalinist
dictatorship, but two things are beyond doubt. The Marxist economic
remedies that these parties stand for will not lead to more prosperity
for their countries, nor will the transatlantic relations between Europe
and the United States much improve.
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Greece's Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras (today
Prime Minister) is shown here in February 2014, posing with a t-shirt
celebrating the legacy of Venezuela's late strongman Hugo Chavez, while
he attends the "Hugo Chavez Soccer Tournament", organized by
the Venezuelan Embassy in Athens to commemorate the one-year
anniversary of Chavez's death. (Image source: Zougla)
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One aspect of the Greek elections to which not much attention has
been paid are the consequences for NATO. The huge victory of the
extreme-left Syriza party marks the first time that the Far Left takes
over a NATO country. In a sense, it is a vindication for the Communists,
who lost the Greek civil war in 1949.
Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, the new Greek Prime Minister, began
his political career as an activist of the youth section of the Communist
Party. Later, he became the leader of Synaspismos and its successor party
Syriza. Both were a coalition of Marxist parties including the Communists
and Maoists. The 40-year old Tsipras is an admirer of revolutionary
leaders such as Fidel Castro, Ernesto Che Guevara and Hugo Chavez. He
named his son Ernesto after the Argentinean-Cuban revolutionary. Two
years ago, he flew to Caracas, Venezuela, to attend the funeral of
Chavez.
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