12.02.2011                     08.Adar l, 5771

Israel:

Israel watches Mubarak ouster with trepidation

Ben-Eliezer: "There are many questions that we don't have answers for, how will this affect the entire region now?"

Israel watched Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation with trepidation Friday, concerned the ouster of its staunchest Arab ally might endanger a peace treaty between the two countries and help boost Islamists already on the rise in the region.
The government declined comment on the announcement by Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman that Mubarak decided to step down after three decades of iron-fisted rule….