Egypt takes back seat as Israel pounds Gaza militants

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https://s2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tW6xM1hwlkZjJGrJ2utEQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPMideastEN/904d27fdbe2f39a1362240de9afd337bfe92934b.jpg (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/egypt-takes-back-seat-israel-pounds-gaza-militants-112757531.html)Having crushed the Muslim Brotherhood, Cairo's new government has taken a back seat as Israel pounds Hamas, the Egyptian movement's Islamist allies across the border in Gaza, analysts said. Egypt, which has a peace treaty with Israel, brokered a 2012 truce between it and Hamas that favoured the militants, the Palestinian branch of **w ousted president Mohamed Morsi's Brotherhood. With the Brotherhood **w quashed, the new government in Cairo has taken a passive approach to the latest conflict, denying Hamas a truce that could see it emerge again as a winner. Morsi himself is being tried on charges of having colluded with Hamas to plot attacks inside Egypt, which has blacklisted both the Brotherhood and Hamas.




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