It is looking to be the greatest drama to shake Egypt since the killing of Anwar Sadat in 1981. Huge nationwide protest have challenged the long rule of President Hosni Mubarak, threatening to dislodge him. At the present time, the denouncement remains unwritten. One wonders if it will match Tunisia, where this past month a popular uprising sent another president into exile, toppling the ruling party and supposedly opened the way to a democracy. Or it also could look like Iran in 2009, where a hardline regime crushed a popular protest movement with iron-fisted resolve.
Iran has spoken up in support of the demonstrators, hoping that the toppled Mubarak administration will be replaced by an Islamic government that would be friendly toward Iran's ayatollahs. The Muslim Brotherhood, which gave rise to Hamas, has been banned from running for office in Egypt. It sees this time as an opportunity to make a move toward more influence in Egyptian politics.
The upheavals in the Middle East spell possible disaster, not just for heavy-handed regimes like those in Egypt and Tunisia, but for the Jewish island in a growing sea of Islamic power. Israel faces a strengthened Hezbollah in Lebanon and turmoil in Jordan and Egypt, where Islamic powers are positioning to snag control. A hostile Iran glares from the east, and less-than-warm relations with the current United States administration offer little comfort.
Keep Benjamin Netanyahu and the Knesset in your prayers, and pray for God's excellent purposes to be accomplished in the land of Egypt.
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