Israel’s worst fears regarding its relationship with the Arab world – and with Egypt in particular – are coming true before its eyes, Middle East expert Dr. David Buk’i told Arutz 7 in an interview Saturday night. “The rise of the Islamists in Egypt means the end of the peace treaty with Egypt and the rise of a government committed to the ideological Islamist goal of the destruction of the State of Israel,” Buk’i said.
With results in from the first round ofvoting in Egypt, it’s clear that the Islamist coalition has emerged as the largest faction in the future Egyptiangovernment, by far. The Muslim Brotherhood captured more than 40% of the vote, but the hardline Islamist Salafist Nour Party garnered some 20% of the vote – placing the Islamist coalition firmly in control of Egypt’s parliament, at least until the second round of voting in several weeks.
Buk’i is not surprised at the
results, and in fact, he says, he warned months ago that this was
exactly what would happen. “It was already clear to me last
February that the uprisings in the Arab world were not an ‘Arab
spring,’ but rather a bitter ‘Arab winter’ and a return to
chaos and violence.When you give a Muslim a free voice in electing
his leaders, he will pick an Islamist leadership every time, because
that’s what he knows and appreciates. That the Muslim Brotherhood
will solve Egypt’s problems is clear to the average
Egyptian,” Buk’i said.
And
once Islamism is firmly planted, it spreads quickly, says Buk’i.
“The foolish West helped Al-Qaeda win in Libya, and Al-Qaeda now
controls Tunisia. And it is spreading to other nations. There are two
powers in the Arab world – military dictatorships and Islamism, and
it is in the interests of the West to side with the dictatorships.
Tragedy and catastrophe ensue when Islamists win,” he added.
“Israel is seeing the catastrophe unfold now.”
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