Egypt unrest: Iran wants ‘another Gaza’ says Netanyahu

Israeli PM says Iran wants to take advantage of the chaos in Egypt to create "another Gaza" run by "fundamentalists".

Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday said Iran wants to take advantage of the chaos in Egypt to create “another Gaza” there, run by Islamic fundamentalists, The Associated Press reported.

Speaking before the Israeli parliament, Benjamin Netanyahu said he expects any new government in Egypt to honour its three-decade-long peace agreement with Israel. But he warned that Islamic groups have already taken over by democratic means in Iran, Lebanon and Gaza. “Is there freedom in Iran? Is there democracy in Gaza? Does Hezbollah promote human rights?” he asked. “They (Iranians) want an Egypt that goes back to the Middle Ages. They want Egypt to turn into another Gaza, that will be run by radical forces that are against everything we want, everything the democratic world stands for.”

Published in The Express Tribune, February 3^rd, 2011.