Egypt denies calling Israel an 'enemy state'

Natalie realizes that Egypt is really Israel's enemy. That is the first honest thing she has written in years. This is a good indicator of what peace treaties mean to Arabs which is nothing.

It is good that Israel realizes the truth that Egypt is Israel's enemy and always has been. Lebanon and Syria are also enemies of Israel and only when these nations surrender unconditionally to Israel will there be peace. Egypt is an "enemy state", it is clear to all of us but good to be reminded.

"...All nations, not just Egypt, make decisions to bolster their own interests. Nothing wrong with that..." Entirely true. Why just look at what Syria and Iran are doing.

A lot of rhetoric and b*l*ocks has come from this claim that scuds are being given to hezbollah yet in this day and age when israel completely ignore arispaces rules of other countries that not one photo clearly showing a scud, it's location nor nutters using/playing with them suggests to me that this is a red herring designed to distract from the real story - Gaza. Show me proof and then i'll believe you.

"Sunlight in a basket" should make war-mongers think twice. Nobody should go to a gun-fight with a knife. Salaam/Shalom

Conroy - what an ignorant comment you make... I have to say I am not surprised.

Egypt is no friend of the Palestinians either. After all, they maintain the Gaza siege the same way Israel does. But you are correct (for the first time in your life) about Egypt's attitude towards Israel. But can you blame them? All nations, not just Egypt, make decisions to bolster their own interests. Nothing wrong with that. I'd have more respect for your opinions if you weren't the admitted antisemite that you are. Having beefs against Israel is fine, but you may as well walk around with a swastika on your arm. Do you? :)

He was only expressing Egypts real opinion,you cannot trust these people.

Lebanon, has all the right to defend against israel. Nasrallah, who is more truthful than any of the israeli leaders, said he will not launch an attack but will only defend against one. So why does israel have a problem with Lebanon defending itself? Because israel wants to be able to attack with free will and no consequences. Wake up. The Cedars are not your playground.

Egypt made peace with Israel to (1) get the Israelis out of the Sinai, (2) get an annual allowance from America, and (3) stabilize conditions in Egypt. If Egypt could destroy all of Israel overnight, they would do it just as quickly as Iran or Syria. Egypt tries to keep Israel happy for the same reason Israel tries to keep America happy. Self interest.

Why do so many people refuse to acknowledge what the overwhelming facts prove: that Lebanon is not an independent country but merely a de facto province of Iran, and its the mullahs in Tehran who decide whether war erupts at Israel's northern border. The Lebanese government and army is very little more than for show.

Hezbulla was planning attackes on Sinai targets violating the Egyptian state as we all know when Egypt arested scores of Hezbolla men there, was this a "laughable lies" ? One should know whom he is dealing with.

Well...Lebanon knows very well that if he keeps peace-loving Hezbollah quiet, there will be no problems with Israel....the same way Arafat knew very well that if he had kept his freedom fighters, that took south Lebanon by storm after they were kick out of Jordan in the early 1980s and constantly shelled Israeli towns ( the civilian population ) from South Lebanon,... Israel wouldn't have entered South Lebanon to remove the PLO ( to prevent the attacks from Lebanese territory )....the same way Hamas knows that if it keeps the missiles quiet, there won't be any response from Israel. If there has been no major problems lately between Lebanon and Israel , it is because Hezbollah has been keeping quiet as well... Lebanon does not need to vow to defend itself against any Israel attack if it keeps quiet. Those comments from Lebanon are more cynical than irresponsible.

I just bought tickets to visit Lebanon. No wars will be allowed.

The import of the ministers of French, Spain and Egypt to safe guard Lebanon should Iran's nuclear capabilities be attacked is a condition that should be carefully explored. Is Lebanon such a bootheel state that it can not act independently of Iran's direction? Egypt, Spain and France might better worry about how to wean Lebanon from the bosom of Tehran and it's anti-semitic dictator than worry about taking or demonstrating Iranian protectionist intent. In the latter respect how important is Iranian oil futures to them?

The Russians, who made the Scuds, say that they are there. They, obviuosly, have connections in Syria at least.

If you check your facts, you will find that Israel NEVER started any of the Mid-East wars. Israel has no interest in starting them and in each and every one, Israel was forced to defend itself against an enemy bent on her destruction.

The only solution to the Hezbollah cancer is for the IDF to go into Lebanon and wipe them out once and for all.

A base for attacks on Israel Israel did not create this confrontation Now Lebanon is run by Shiite martyrdom worshippers

Check out the history of all the Arab-Israeli wars, and you will learn that Israel was not the aggressor in any of them.

Boy have you got your facts twisted! If you check the facts, Israel NEVER started any of the mid-east conflicts dating back to 1948 when Israel became a state and was immediately attacked by 7 Arab armies. In 1967, Nasser proclaimed he would "drive the Jews into the sea" In 1973, Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on Yom Kippur. The recent conflicts with Gaza (for 8 years of rocket attacks against innocent civilians, and the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers) provoked appropriate action on the part of the IDF. Israel is not going to sit back and take it, or be "politcally correct". If Arab terrorists decide to attack Israel, they will pay a heavy price.

The last thing Israel wants is another war with Lebanon or its Hezbollah "guests". What did you expect Israel to do after Hezbollah kidnapped Israeli soldiers, drop a few bombs and call it a day? No. They went after the terrorist cancer to teach them a lesson once and for all as they did in Gaza to put an end to the rocket attacks fired indiscriminately on innocent civilians. These scumbags have no respect for human life (including their own) and Israel is the only country which is prepared to stand up to these idiots instead of being "politically correct" like the rest of the world.

will do it.US despite its huge arsenal has never a clear victory in war.in 1982 Israel crushed plo branch army and elite syrians troops who were stianned in south lebanon .Arik was defense minister when Rafael etan was the chief of staff. with itzak shmir as foreign minister.

Israel's next war will not be a walk in the park for israel. If started by israel unprokoved, it will indicate that israel is preparing for a wider conflict. Of course, Iran will be the end game. Israel can not attack Iran before attacking Lebanon. This will be the begining of WWIII for sure. It will involve Israel, Syrian, Lebanon directly and Iran Turkey indirectly. This will only be the begining.Hormuz will be blocked by Iran, oil prices will hit the roof. This war if it happens will not last a month or two, it will be carried for few years. Israel's population is vulnerable to major distructions. Iran will use its ballistic power. The u.S.will retaliate. This will create havoc in Iraq and Afghanistan and will make my country's life miserable. So israel should think twice before the next adventure.The best solution is for Netanyahu to resign now and the Kadima form a new government with peace in mind.

On the one hand, Hizallah extremists have a small minority of seats in the government while on the other hand, the extremist have full conrol in Israel. It is easy to judge others while ignoring to judge yourself

Then we will soon find out if Hezbollah have Scuds or not. Telliningly it appears that Sulieman is probably right. Netanyahu yesterday announced that Israel has no plans to attack Syria. He made no mention of Lebanon. Hopefully any war will not clash with my viewing of The World cup, but i did subscribe to Al Jazeera because I fouind that coverage by western news agencies was wanting. Should be very entertaining.

Lebanon no an extreme governement? Come on,You forgr that the Hezbollah ispart of their governement.

If syria hasn't went public about its full support to lebanon incase of "potential" Israeli aggression to lebanon, we would have already witnessed a war. Israel is aware of Syria's relationship to Turkey and Syria's defense treaty with Iran. It would be very stupid from Israel to launch a war against Lebanon or Syria. The next war be a real war, a devestating war for everyone.

Its clear that Israel cannot WIN a war against Hezbollah or Lebanon. They can cause serious human and inrastructure damage and now so can the Lebanese / Hizballah. A war is only good IF there is a significant change in the status quo thereafter. Although there was a slight change after the 2006 war (UNIFIL) this is certainly not a game changer. So all those Israeli and Lebanese civilians in that war, died in vain. If another war erupts there is no reason to believe that anything major will change except more human lives lost!!! Is Israel able and ready, with the support of the international community to once and for all defeat and get rid of hezbollah - I seriously doubt NOT. SO whats the point of another war???

Lebanon is not any more an independant state.

In the 2006 turkey shoot, the IDF killed about 1000 civilians (though the thousands before are not forgotten). I trust & hope that the Lebanese Government will invest in air defense and defend their airspace against any and all intrusions of the IDF. I hope also that one day Israel will desire to respect human rights & international law, and genuinely pursue peace.

As beautiful history has tought us,israel is all but a country of peace,as such we(lebanon) need all what we can put our hands on, from scud to anti aircraft missles. and to israel please stop acting innocent we all seen what uve done to civilians in the lebanese and gaza war.

Lets keep it real if Lebanon and all those blah blah blah people here in the forum think that by arming Lebanon and allowing Lebanese territory to be used to attack Israel with rockets be it conventional, chemical or biological one brings peace one step closer one is mistaken. Israel and the Jewish people have had it with the warmongering terrorists in the Arab and Muslim world and those anti semites in the rest of the world. Any military action or provocation by Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria or Iran should be and will be answered by strong force and if these scuds hit our civilian areas we need to retaliate by bombing their civilian areas in order to make sure they know that the price of war and terror is too high. The Arab League can choose soon war or peace, if it wants war we as Jews in Israel are ready for it and we will show no mercy this time for our enemies.

israel is a proxy of the usa is that any different. every country has the right to defend its self, whether it was israel or lebanon. seems like israel is starting the fight this time.

Who instigated the recent war with Lebanon? of course it was Iran....what rubbish. The war started as a result of Israeli occupation of Lebanese land - the sympton Israeli soldiers are attacked or captured.

Obviously Hezbollah's cross-border aggression started the ball rolling, but Israel could have chosen, as before to mount a limited retaliation to a limited incursion. That's what Nasrallah was expecting. Instead it chose to launch an all-out war, that it had pre-planned before, in order to punish the Lebanese people for allowing Hezbollah to operate on their territory. It was hugely disproportionate to the original offence, in the amount of damage it did to Lebanese civilian infrastrucire and the number of Lebanese civilians it killed and it started the drift towards international pariah status for Israel that Cast Lead accelerated. Frankly, Lebanon has every reason to feel nervous that Bibi's loser government will try to start a war to deflect attanetion from its failures, and Lebanon has every right to get ready to defend itself if that happens.

Lebanon IS a proxy of Iran; proxy, province, sub-servant, whatever you wish to call it. Those who don't realize that should get their collective heads out of the sand. The Lebanon war cost that nation dearly, in people and property. And who instigated that war? Iran's military arm along Israel's border, Blah blah blah.

I'd hate to say it, but I think that Lebanon needs those scuds, and anything else they can get their hands on, to make sure that Israel knows that any attack on Lebanon is going to cost them - and I actually despise Hezbollah. And before we start hearing about how Lebanon is a proxy of Iran (blah blah blah), don't forget which of the two nations (Lebanon and Israel) voted in an extreme government - not Lebanon.