Egypt threatens Hamas rule - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Shlomi Eldar

Shlomi Eldar

Jan 16, 2014

Mohammed Abu al-Rub, deputy leader of Palestinian Tamarud movement, attends their first conference at the Muslim Youth Association headquarters in Cairo January 7, 2014. After crushing the Muslim Brotherhood at home, Egypt's military rulers plan to undermine the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which runs the neighbouring Gaza Strip, senior Egyptian security officials told Reuters. In early January, Cairo publicly hosted the first conference of a new anti-Hamas youth group called Tamarud, or rebel, the sam — Mohammed Abu al-Rub, deputy leader of Palestinian Tamarod movement, attends the movement's first conference at the Muslim Youth Association headquarters, Cairo, Jan. 7, 2014. Cairo publicly hosted the first conference of a new anti-Hamas youth group called Tamarod, the same name used by the Egyptian youth movement. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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