[NGTM-1R]

Yeah, Jordan and Egypt are now two of Israel's primary buddies in the region.  All that Six-Day War stuff did some good in the long run.

Pretty much.

Jordan has certainly refused to participate in some of the others' ****slinging and if we did the whole "everybody go to war with Israel again" would probably sit it out. Admittedly, much of this has to do with the fact their military is a shambles and has been since the last time they went to war with Israel. However as nations bordering the country go they're the one who can't go "loldestroyIsrael" on a whim. This is a considerable improvement over the others.

Murabak has turned down Syria a few times on its anti-Israel plans and, well, as noted he's not down with Hamas and Hezbollah. I doubt anybody would actually consider the other side friendly, but their policies at least don't conflict much.

[Mongoose]

Stupid ****ers.  Riot against the government all you want, but stay the hell away from the museum.

[Flipside]

Why destroy a culture that you spent years trying to get back from invaders in the first place? This makes no sense....

[NGTM-1R]

I don't think looters are required to make sense anymore...

[Nuclear1]

Why destroy a culture that you spent years trying to get back from invaders in the first place? This makes no sense....

The antiquities black market.

[Bobboau]

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/28/5941311-what-the-egyptian-government-doesnt-want-you-to-see

[Grizzly]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQD-X9G9xfk&feature=player_embedded

[Pred the Penguin]

I don't entirely understand what's happening in that video...

[Grizzly]

I don't entirely understand what's happening in that video...

Nothing.
That's why it's so awesome.

[peterv]

Now this looks interesting.

According to Hareetz Daily, on Saturday night Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a directive to around a dozen key embassies in the United States, Canada, China, Russia and several European countries.

The ambassadors were told to stress to their host countries the "importance of Egypt's stability", the report said. "In a special cable, they were told to get this word out as soon as possible."

[peterv]

Geopolitics (Heh!)

At the end of the day, Israel's gas could possibly find a market in Europe, lessening its dependence on Russian natural gas. But as Gheit pointedly said: “The Russians are going to be very competitive and since they already have the pipelines from Gazprom, it becomes tough to compete with the Russians
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The question is what did Mubarak do to provoke Israels hostility? 

[iamzack]

Now this looks interesting.

According to Hareetz Daily, on Saturday night Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a directive to around a dozen key embassies in the United States, Canada, China, Russia and several European countries.

The ambassadors were told to stress to their host countries the "importance of Egypt's stability", the report said. "In a special cable, they were told to get this word out as soon as possible."

**** Israel.

Oh noes! If teh Arabs get a real Democracy they might not vote the way WE want them to!

Dictators who violate the human rights of their people are A-OK as long as they are pro Israel!

[Kszyhu]

Yeah, evil Israel is interested in stability of it's neighbours, that's unacceptable!

EDIT: I'm not saying that I agree with Israel's stance on situation in Egypt, but I see why they prefer Mubarak's predictable dictatorship instead of democracy.

[peterv]

....but I see why they prefer Mubarak's predictable dictatorship instead of democracy.

I seriously believe that they don't anymore. Might sound like a conpiracy theory but i think that the "leaks" from Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs can only happen as a very clever propaganda.

[NGTM-1R]

Hell, I'm not sure it has anything to do with democracy. Revolutions have a way of involving the neighbors whether the neighbors want to be or not.

[Scotty]

So, kinda less Mideast than the others in the thread, but how about that newfangled place called South Sudan?

[peterv]

Latest news

Speaking at 10:45 pm Egypt time, Hosni Mubarak said He said he "lived for Egypt and would die for Egypt. I will not be separated from this soil until I am buried underneath it."

Prophetic words ...

Either he is  a lunatic, or the the army is on his side, and that most probably means that Egypt is heading to a massacre.

[Scotty]

Leaning toward lunatic at this point.

[Mongoose]

Either a lunatic or a head-in-the-sand ostrich.

[Bobboau]

none of these options are mutually exclusive, he very well could be a lunatic ostrich with his head-in-the-sand and who has the military on his side.