By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani
"CAIRO, Apr 27 (IPS) - Egyptian authorities announced earlier this month the discovery of a Hizbullah "cell" allegedly planning to carry out violent operations in Egypt. Although Hizbullah chief Hasan Nasrallah insists the group was only tasked to assist the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, the government has used the episode to launch a blistering media campaign against the Lebanese Shia resistance group.
"Government officials have lined up to vilify Hizbullah and Tehran, while the state press has resorted to name-calling and cheap insults," Diaa Rashwan, senior analyst at the semi-official Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies told IPS......
This is not the first time that Egypt has bared its teeth at Hizbullah, which - as a non-state, Islamic militant group committed to resisting Israeli occupation - it views with apprehension. Relations between the two have been particularly acrimonious since 2006, when Egypt tacitly supported Israel in its war on Hizbullah in southern Lebanon.
Mutual animosity flared up again during Israel's recent three-week onslaught against the Gaza Strip, in which more than 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, were killed. Throughout the crisis, Hizbullah harshly criticised Egypt's decision to keep its border with the Hamas-run territory sealed despite the mounting humanitarian catastrophe faced by the strip's roughly 1.5 million inhabitants........"
"CAIRO, Apr 27 (IPS) - Egyptian authorities announced earlier this month the discovery of a Hizbullah "cell" allegedly planning to carry out violent operations in Egypt. Although Hizbullah chief Hasan Nasrallah insists the group was only tasked to assist the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, the government has used the episode to launch a blistering media campaign against the Lebanese Shia resistance group.
"Government officials have lined up to vilify Hizbullah and Tehran, while the state press has resorted to name-calling and cheap insults," Diaa Rashwan, senior analyst at the semi-official Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies told IPS......
This is not the first time that Egypt has bared its teeth at Hizbullah, which - as a non-state, Islamic militant group committed to resisting Israeli occupation - it views with apprehension. Relations between the two have been particularly acrimonious since 2006, when Egypt tacitly supported Israel in its war on Hizbullah in southern Lebanon.
Mutual animosity flared up again during Israel's recent three-week onslaught against the Gaza Strip, in which more than 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, were killed. Throughout the crisis, Hizbullah harshly criticised Egypt's decision to keep its border with the Hamas-run territory sealed despite the mounting humanitarian catastrophe faced by the strip's roughly 1.5 million inhabitants........"
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