Since loomed the possibility of hereditary transmission of power in Egypt, about eight years ago, accompanied by the persistent refusal of President Hosni Mubarak to appoint a deputy, it seemed that the director of intelligence Omar Suleiman - or the minister Omar Suleiman, as he likes to be called in Egypt - had entered into fierce competition with the son of Egyptian President, Gamal, to secure foreign support - a factor that would allow him to prevail in the run up to Gamal presidency, especially given the absence of other opponents.
Meanwhile, heavy sweeping changes were United States, where it was becoming the era of the neocons, and as a result of the hegemony of the Zionist lobby in the U.S. Congress - both the Republicans and the Democrats. The result was that American foreign policy became hostage to the Israeli obsession as it had never happened before.
The fact is that Mustafa el-Feki, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Egyptian parliament, and one of the pillars of political Mubarak era, it had not gone beyond the truth: to define the new Egyptian president was no need "of 'agreement in Washington and the opposition not to Israel. " He had made such statements before they are delineated the era of Arab revolution heralded by Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia. And even now, the foreign factor has not lost all its importance, as evidenced by the fact that it has contributed to the settlement of the current government in Tunisia, which certainly does not meet the objectives of the revolution of Tunisia. It is said that this speech does not apply even to Egypt in light of Israeli frenzy reached an unprecedented level by lobbying on all its allies, and the same situation in the United States, where politicians follow from closely the development of events in Cairo and other Egyptian cities.
In this climate, it is clear that Washington, at the request of the Jewish state, has called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to nominate for Vice-President Omar Suleiman, first to put an end to rumors about a possible hereditary transmission of power - which represented a challenge to the Egyptian public opinion - and groped to appease popular anger at street level, and secondly, to ensure a transfer of power without bumps when efforts to persuade Mubarak to leave Egypt were crowned with success (which was not yet occurred at the time of writing these lines ). The fact that the protesters have concentrated on Mubarak means that his departure could actually lead to a decline in the protest movement, pending reforms that might be taken by Suleiman as the new chairman or president of transition (where the term "transition president" does not really mean anything, because Suleiman could remain indefinitely, or until will be overthrown by a revolution). For at least eight years
Suleiman entered into competition for the presidency by helping the Americans in matters that attracted the most interest, primarily the Palestinian issue. There is no doubt that the transformation of U.S. regional policy in the service of Israel has contributed to this. Suleiman has been in handling the whole issue Palestinian, and there was no Israeli politician, right or left, that did not have talks with him, and that stringesse friendship with him.
However, Hosni Mubarak, although he had obtained the American silence on its campaign to silence the opposition (and primarily the Muslim Brotherhood), was unable to object to the fact that Suleiman would remain in control of Palestinian issue, although he aware of the ambition of reaching the presidency of Suleiman.
latter handled the Palestinian issue in a very delicate phase in decades. It was he who provided the Israelis the opportunity to assassinate Yasser Arafat quietly (it almost unanimous opinion in the Arab world that Arafat's death, which occurred under mysterious circumstances and never fully clarified, was "provoked" and even the Egyptian intelligence has historically had a remarkable capacity to infiltrate the Palestinian territories, especially in Gaza, before picked up by Hamas in the Gaza Strip (Translator's note)), and then to ensure a smooth transition of power without bumps in the hands of those who had previously tried to rebel against Arafat - the faction of Mahmoud Abbas and Mohammed Dahlan. There is no doubt that this was a result of efforts to crush the second Intifada, which was a priority for the Jewish state.
After that, Suleiman oversaw the later stages - from the Palestinian legislative elections in subsequent steps to boycott Hamas and to lay siege to his government, to the war in Gaza during which Suleiman makes every effort to ensure that the conflict would end with the total defeat of Hamas. He exerted enormous pressure on negotiators from Hamas to announce a unilateral ceasefire in order to make them appear to accept their defeat and the conditions Israel - which failed, as everyone knows, since the Israelis were to announce a ceasefire . Meanwhile, Omar Suleiman
oversaw the path on which all Israelis agree, that the program the provisional borders of a Palestinian state - a solution "temporary" indefinitely - and putting pressure on Palestinians to tenessero the commitments on security cooperation with Israel, while continuing to work daily to suppress the Gaza Strip and tame Hamas by lobbying and various forms of blackmail, especially the one about crossing the Strip overlooking the outside world (the Rafah border with Egypt (Translator's note)). There is also need to recall here the role of Suleiman in reaching an agreement to supply gas to Israel, although some have attributed to this agreement, Ahmed Ezz, a leading member National Democratic Party government.
In light of all this, you can say that the Israelis are waiting with bated breath the future developments. They'd no doubt that the crisis is resolved with the presidency of Omar Suleiman, the more they know that Hosni Mubarak because of his frail health, he can not resist the presidency for more than a year or two. For the Israelis, Omar Suleiman is certainly preferable to Gamal Mubarak because Suleiman is undoubtedly better able to control the situation inside the country.
If the Egyptian revolt would result in the presidency of Suleiman, the Israelis would have to emerge as major winners, not only in Egypt that they care more than anything else, but also in terms of ability to stop the spread of the Arab Revolt, which certainly would come at a time of disappointment and frustration if they would be these results. However we are not certain of that outcome, and indeed we tend to believe that the masses who have now discovered the secret of their strength, do not submit to anyone.
The Egyptian people - who were protesting not only for bread, as claimed by many, but for freedom, pluralism, human dignity and the protection of national security - this great nation will not accept to exchange with Omar Hosni Mubarak Suleiman, especially since it is an essential element of the regime that has ruined the country and impoverished its people.
These days the Egyptian people not only defended himself and his rights, but defends us all, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Persian Gulf. Defending our right to live free and to be masters of our decisions. When this happens, the end of the Zionist project is only a matter of time. Then finally the Arab nation is entitled to have a place in the sun is appropriate to its history and its religion and its civilization.
Yasser al-Zaatera is a commentator and political analyst Jordanian of Palestinian origin, he writes regularly in the newspaper Jordanian al-Dustour, is the author of several books, including "The Islamist phenomenon before and after September 11" published in Lebanon in 2004
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