It might be a species of

moat — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:17:34 +0000

It might be a species of "confirmation bias" but I think this move by the Brotherhood is tied to the twilight of the Baath underway in Syria (that I blathered about on your post about Assad). Mutter's comments shows a certain kind of hedging in this regard. He doesn't want to call the fight in the early rounds but expresses confidence that Damascus will no longer be the power broker it used to be.

A related "noted with

artappraiser — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:07:28 +0000

In reply to Islamist Victors in Egypt Seeking Shift by Hamas

A related "noted with interest"-the editorial note that Issandr El Amrani put on this guest post on his Arabist blog,
"Next in Gaza, Palestinian elections or Israeli preemption?" by Paul Mutter of March 20, as follows:

Ed. note: I would also factor into this the recent agreement between Hamas and Egypt supplied natural gas for Gaza’s powerplant. Hamas had paid up the initial deposit on the transaction but the Egyptians — specifically General Intelligence — have relented on delivering the gas, causing long blackouts. In the short term, Gaza’s energy dependency on Egypt gives the Egyptians leverage (at least until the Muslim Brothers decide to make it a political issue domestically). In the longer term it fits within an Israeli desire to shed responsibility for Gaza, which is why the Egyptians are now asking for the gas to be transfered via Israel rather than directly to Gaza. What this shows is that post-uprising dynamics are fluid and the beneficiaries are not necessarily obvious — as Hamas is now finding itself reorienting away from Iran and Syria and towards possibily tougher new patrons in Qatar and Egypt. — Issandr.

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