
“Israel is very connected to pretty much everything that goes on in the region in some way or another and is extremely connected to US policy” in the Middle East, Alison Weir, Executive Director of If Americans Knew, told Press TV’s US Desk on Saturday.
Since the beginning of its creation Israel has been seeking to establish a “military domination” in the region, to “divide and conquer” and is extremely opposed to any form of democracy in the Middle East region, she noted.
Weir added that one of the key allies of the US in the region which has supported Israel for years has been the Egyptian regime of Mubarak.
According to the Executive Director of If Americans Knew, Washington paid money to Cairo to gain its support for the regime in Tel Aviv at the expense of abandoning the support of Palestinian human rights.
According to a recent Congressional Research Service report, US foreign assistance to Egypt has averaged just over $2 billion every year since 1979, when Egypt struck a peace treaty with Israel following the Camp David Peace Accords.
Every year, Mubarak has received $1.3 billion in form of military aid from the United States.
According to lists of arms sales notifications compiled by the Pentagon’s Defense Security Assistance Agency, in the last decade alone, the Department of Defense has brokered over $11 billion in US arms offers to the Egyptian regime.
For the past 30 years, Egypt has, not only been a crucial US partner in the Middle East, but a linchpin in Washington’s strategy for a future Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.
Egypt’s revolution is understandably causing anxiety in Israel. The nightmare scenario of a collapse of the Mubarak regime and the creation of an independent state across the border has, for years, haunted Israel’s leaders.
Anti-government protest in troubled Egypt has entered its 13th consecutive day as Cairo’s Liberation Square remains flooded with demonstrators who call on Mubarak to immediately step down.
According to the United Nations, at least 300 people have been killed and thousands more have been injured during 13 days of revolution in Egypt.
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February 6, 2011 
































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