Mubarak may be down but he’s not out. And judging by today’s events in Tahrir Square, he and the military-dominated clique around him clearly feel they have done enough, for now, to get the Americans off their backs, flex their still considerable muscle, and reclaim the streets for the regime. All the talk about reform and elections and negotiations can wait, whatever Barack Obama says.
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The uprising in Egypt, although united around the nearly universal desire to rid the country of the military dictator Hosni Mubarak, also presages the inevitable shift within the Arab world away from secular regimes toward an embrace of Islamic rule. Don’t be fooled by the glib sloganeering about democracy.
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Binyamin Netanyahu says he is following the events in Egypt with “vigilance and worry”. He hoped Israel’s three-decade-old peace treaty with Egypt would survive, but hopes are slim. His support of Mubarak has incited further anger.
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As US and EU leaders urge Egypt to reform in face of popular uprising, Israel voices support for Mubarak’s government. Israel has called on the United States and Europe to curb their criticism of president Hosni Mubarak “in a bid to preserve stability in Egypt” and the wider Middle East, an Israeli newspaper reports.
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From the transformation of powerhouse countries like Turkey and God willing Egypt, to the personal transformation of individuals in their day to day life, a global Islamic resurgence is well and truly under way that is now unstoppable.
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Network’s licences cancelled and accreditation of staff in Cairo withdrawn by order of information minister. Al Jazeera denounced the closure of its bureau, saying the move was designed to stifle free reporting.
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It is in the interest of autocratic Arab nations to note the mood in Egypt and effect change immediately. His crude, Gaullist message: without me, chaos. Now the chaos has come anyway. And Mubarak must go.
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A Mosque in Cairo has become a makeshift sickroom for the wounded and the dying, tended by crowds of volunteers. The scene is desperately chaotic. Some young men have linked together to man a wooden barricade, ensuring only the medics and those in need of their help make it over the threshold.
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