Muslim Brotherhood No Threat to Egypt’s Israel Policy

Muslim Brotherhood No Threat to Egypt’s Israel Policy

CAIRO, Egypt -- As demonstrators continue to hunker down in central Cairo's Tahrir Square, the Muslim Brotherhood's official website has blamed a number of groups for infiltrating the now two-week-long protest and fomenting instability by inciting confrontation.

Undercover remnants of the deposed National Democratic Party-led regime, Ikhwan Online claimed last week, are responsible. State security, formerly a notorious government apparatus, is also culpable.

And, not surprisingly, Israelis are involved. According to the website, foreign "thugs" were apprehended in Tahrir on July 8, wielding knives, carrying foreign currencies and exhibiting Star of David tattoos.

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