Israel ‘Anxiously Monitoring’ Developments in Egypt

Israel’s objective is to keep the status quo in the region as there are different possible directions that Egypt could currently take.
Israel ‘Anxiously Monitoring’ Developments in Egypt
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting on January 30, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu told his cabinet that Israel must exercise responsibility and restraint towards the unrest in Egypt, and that Jerusalem's primary concern is to preserve the stability and peaceful ties with Cairo which have lasted for more than three decades. Tomer Appelbaum/Pool/Getty Images
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting on January 30, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu told his cabinet that Israel must exercise responsibility and restraint towards the unrest in Egypt, and that Jerusalem's primary concern is to preserve the stability and peaceful ties with Cairo which have lasted for more than three decades. (Tomer Appelbaum/Pool/Getty Images)

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