“Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.”
Isa 45:22
MORSI IS NO LONGER PRESIDENT:
Egypt’s army, Wednesday night, seized power in a people’s coup. In a televised broadcast, Egyptian Armed Forces Commander Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi - flanked by military leaders, religious authorities and political figures - declared the removal of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi saying the president had "failed to meet the demands of the Egyptian people." Al-Sisi also announced the suspension of the Islamist-tinged constitution and a roadmap for a return to democratic rule under a revised rulebook. The president's aide said Egyptian leader Morsi had been moved and was being held at an undisclosed location. General al-Sisi called for presidential and parliamentary elections, a panel to review the constitution and a national reconciliation committee. He said the roadmap had been agreed upon by a range of political organizations. Egyptian defense leaders, who ousted the president, have assured the US that they are not interested in a long-term rule. They pledged to put a civilian government in place quickly. The head of Egypt's supreme constitutional court, Adli Mansour, will be sworn in as interim head of state on Thursday. (J.Post/MailOnline/Reuters)
Pray for strong leaders to emerge from Egypt’s continuing political crisis, ones who will be able to realistically address the nation’s growing poverty issues and relate fairly to a wide range of political and social groups, including its Coptic Christian community numbering more than 12 million. Pray against renewed Islamist control in Egypt and leaders who hate Israel.
CROWDS CELEBRATE ACROSS CAIRO AFTER ARMY STATEMENT:
Jubilant crowds across Cairo cheered, chanted pro-army slogans and set off fireworks after the military suspended the constitution and overthrew President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday. Men, women and children waved red-white-and-black Egyptian flags as confetti twirled in the air, protesters stood on each others' shoulders and families snapped pictures in Tahrir Square, the center of demonstrations that drew millions out against Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood. "The people and the army are one hand," they chanted. "This will be in the minds any politician in the future - they will not want to face the same destiny as Morsi or Mubarak." One poster near Tahrir read: "This is the end of Brotherhood colonization." A uniformed police officer waved his hands above his head as honking cars drove by. "Great Egypt is victorious," he said. "Egypt is victorious over the Brotherhood." (Ynet)
EGYPT POLICE ARREST TOP BROTHERHOOD LEADERS:
Egyptian security forces arrested the head of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and another of the movement's top leaders on Wednesday, after the army toppled Mohamed Morsi from the presidency. Saad El-Katatni, the head of the FJP and the former speaker of parliament, was arrested along with Rashad al-Bayoumi, one of the Brotherhood's deputy leaders. Egyptian media disclosed that arrest warrants had been issued for 300 Brotherhood members who are accused of inciting violence and disturbing general security and peace. Hours after Islamist President Morsi was overthrown, Egypt's military-led authorities shut down three Islamist-run TV stations including the Egypt 25 channel operated by the Muslim Brotherhood. Its managers were arrested, state news agency MENA reported. The Egypt25 channel had been broadcasting live coverage of rallies by tens of thousands of pro-Morsi demonstrators in Cairo and around the country, with speeches by leading Brotherhood politicians denouncing the military intervention to oust the elected president. (J.Post)
WHAT DOES THE EGYPTIAN COUP MEAN FOR ISRAEL?
Pray for co-operation and peace agreements between Egypt and Israel to remain intact and not to be weakened due to religious sects and political factions vying for power in the Egyptian government.
Now that Egypt has again replaced its leadership, what will it mean for Israel? The two neighboring countries fought three full scale wars until the 1978 Camp David Accords in which Israel relinquished control of the strategic and oil-rich Sinai Peninsula in exchange for a cessation of hostilities with its southern neighbor. The ouster of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 resulted in an increased level of lawlessness and violence in the Sinai region. The repeated attacks on the natural gas pipelines that supplied power to Israel, Jordan and Egypt were one example of such anarchy. It remains to be seen how Wednesday night's military coup will affect the Jewish State. While Israeli leaders have been careful not to take sides in Morsi’s struggles, many fear extremist Islamic groups could take advantage of chaos to launch attacks against Israel from either Egypt or the Gaza Strip. Israel’s PM Netanyahu told media sources that “like everybody, we are watching very carefully what’s happening in Egypt. Remember that for 30 years now we have had an anchor of peace and stability in the Middle East, and that was the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. We hope that peace will be kept.” (INN)
taken from Jerusalem online
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