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Lieberman: Egypt preparing for attack against Israel
By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Avigdor Lieberman 

Egypt is just waiting for the right opportunity to move troops back into the Sinai Peninsula, while Israel is acting like a "battered woman" regarding its southern neighbor, Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman said on Saturday in an interview with Channel 2's "Meet the Press."

"Egypt is waiting for the right moment to deploy its army in Sinai, in violation of the peace agreement," claimed Lieberman, who just last Wednesday nearly caused a diplomatic incident by saying that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could "go to hell."

Warning that Egypt was liable to surprise Israel with an attack, as it did in 1973, he continued: "There are enough signs and enough assessments that Egypt is waiting for the right moment."
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"The people are frustrated by our loss of national honor, our weakness and self-abasement toward Egypt," Lieberman told the interviewer. "The State of Israel is acting toward Egypt like a battered woman ... Egypt is the only state in the world that has a museum memorializing the Nazi [Erwin] Rommel. A senior Egyptian parliamentarian, the [former] ambassador Mohammad Bassiouni, said he was a spy, hurled insults at the Jewish people in Israel, and everyone kept silent."

The remarks were part of Lieberman's electoral campaign, which is based on trying to show that he, unlike Israel's current leadership, would be a "strong leader."

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      1.   Somebody put a muzzle on this guy 03:05  |  Conroy 02/11/08
      2.   lieberman is radical and fanatic 04:25  |  fadi 02/11/08
      3.   Not just a psychopath. A paranoid 04:38  |  Northern 02/11/08
      4.   I don`t want to comment on his general lunacy, but 04:48  |  Magnus K. 02/11/08
      5.   What if????? 05:05  |  Mark 02/11/08
      6.   Lieberman is 100% correct 06:32  |  Evan 02/11/08
      7.   Natziralla: Israel preparing for attack against Hezbanon 06:39  |  Some Perspective 02/11/08
      8.   The Egyptian president is in trouble with his people 06:40  |  Akram Zekaria 02/11/08
      9.   Egypt did it 3 times before why not again 07:28  |  No trust 02/11/08
      10.   ok is this guy nuts or what? 07:52  |  David K. 02/11/08
      11.   #7 look whose talking about bias 07:53  |  antoine 02/11/08
      12.   Israel`s Raving Loony Party? 07:57  |  Palestinian Brit 02/11/08
      13.   Barak had better listen to Lieberman 08:12  |  Gilad 02/11/08
      14.   to conroy #1 08:58  |  chuck 02/11/08
      15.   With the collapse of Mubarak dynasty Egypt will start the war? 09:00  |  e.m Jordan is Palse 02/11/08
      16.   and The Yemenis are Nuking Tel Aviv !! 09:15  |  Lieberman 02/11/08
      17.   Lieberman is clinically insane 09:34  |  Clickfool 02/11/08
      18.   IT IS TRUE, 09:47  |  Alka Seltzer 02/11/08
      19.   And "this", plus "Shas", are the parties needed for a coalition!! 09:52  |  S 02/11/08
      20.   invasion plans are always in play 11:17  |  X-MILITARY 02/11/08
      21.   Has anyone read the Egyptian newspapers 12:26  |  Jackie 02/11/08
      22.   Lieberman is obviously right 12:35  |  rich 02/11/08
      23.   Some Perspective 12:47  |  fadi 02/11/08
      24.   Lieberman reamarks are always refreshing, indeed 12:54  |  JP 02/11/08
      25.   Lieberman remarks are always refreshing, indeed 12:54  |  JP 02/11/08
      26.   After a period of time without war ... 13:12  |  Axel 02/11/08
      27.   Call out 13:18  |  Mark Lincoln 02/11/08
      28.   Reprehensible, but not stupid 14:42  |  Eil 02/11/08
      29.   Lieberman and his detractors (1 of 3) 14:58  |  Peter Smith 02/11/08
      30.   Lieberman and his detractors (2 of 3) 14:59  |  Peter Smith 02/11/08
      31.   Lieberman and his detractors (3 of 3) 14:59  |  Peter Smith 02/11/08
      32.   Lieberman : "Egypt has over 1,000 km. of border with Libya 15:04  |  Joseph.E 02/11/08
      33.   Liberman & Doctors 15:29  |  The Teacher/instruct 02/11/08
      34.   liebermann is the voice of reason 15:52  |  jeremy 02/11/08
      35.   Lies kills people. 15:57  |  Akram Zekaria 02/11/08
      36.   If the US had a Lieberman, 9/11 would have never happened 16:05  |  Simon 02/11/08
      37.   Israeli-egyptian ?peace treaty?. 16:07  |  Jean Van Daem 02/11/08
      38.   Egypt preparing attack. 16:35  |  David Nigel Braham 02/11/08
      39.   # 36 simon 16:57  |  Axel 02/11/08
      40.   About the Uof J incident.... 17:01  |  Ben Lolo 02/11/08
      41.   thankyou peter smith of bristol with your succint 17:03  |  victor hardman 02/11/08
      42.   Yes, we have our Ahmadinejad 17:04  |  Avigdor 02/11/08
      43.   Not A Diplomatic Incident - A Media Incident 17:42  |  David 02/11/08
      44.   Could be some truth in what he`s saying 18:01  |  Adrian de Klerk 02/11/08
      45.   Lieberman 18:10  |  Robert Haymond 02/11/08
      46.   Peter Smith, Dymo-Labeller 18:10  |  Clickfool 02/11/08
      47.   egypt IS israel`s enemy 18:33  |  david 02/11/08
      48.   # 29 peter 18:35  |  Axel 02/11/08
      49.   Hi CLickfool - WHAT? 18:41  |  P 02/11/08
      50.   Clickfool read V HArdman re Peter Smith 18:57  |  Joe Frazier 02/11/08
      51.   Hi CLickfool - WHAT? 19:02  |  Peter Smith 02/11/08
      52.   Axel 48 Egypt has not made a hostile move 19:25  |  Joe Frazier 02/11/08
      53.   Egypt lost its status as an Arab Leader. . 19:25  |  Akram Zekaria 02/11/08
      54.   This talkback should frighten all Israelis... 19:48  |  BBSNews 02/11/08
      55.   Follow-up for Peter Smith # 51 19:48  |  Clickfool 02/11/08
      56.   Axel`s reply 19:48  |  Peter Smith 02/11/08
      57.   Peter Smith with his head in the sand... 19:59  |  BBSNews 02/11/08
      58.   Obama did the same 20:30  |  George 02/11/08
      59.   George, McCain funded Khalidi... 21:32  |  BBSNews 02/11/08
      60.   Clickfool and criticism 21:46  |  Peter Smith 02/11/08
      61.   BBS and his head in sand theory 21:47  |  Peter Smith 02/11/08
      62.   #54..BBS News 21:47  |  Nemesis 02/11/08
      63.   Egyptian/Israeli relation 23:39  |  mark21 02/11/08
      64.   Egyptian/Israeli relation 23:47  |  mark21 02/11/08
      65.   Ostrich 04:49  |  JR 04/11/08
      66.   Why not commend the Arab Axis of Evil... 17:14  |  Mordechai M 04/11/08
      67.   Go Lieberman, go shout out it out from the mountain tops 07:37  |  AnFanOfLieberman 22/12/08
      68.   He has a point! 08:56  |  Arie 19/03/09
      69.   #68, Erypt is at an end? 04:31  |  Ernest 16/04/09
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