[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n\n  \n  \u003Cp\u003EAs Egyptians took to the streets in protest of Mubarak, the United States and Israel initially held back support for the protests against their ally, instead focusing on regional stability. Western media picked up on these concerns, primarily regarding the future of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. The downfall of the Mubarak regime would have \u201ca massive effect, mainly negative, on Israel\u2019s position in the region,\u201d according to Israel\u2019s \u003Cem\u003EHaaretz\u003C\/em\u003E military expert Amos Harel, who added it could threaten the Egyptian and Jordanian treaties.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EIan Black and Middle East editor, \u201cEgypt Protests: Israel Fears Unrest May Threaten Peace Treaty,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EGuardian\u003C\/em\u003E (London), January 31, 2011, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2011\/jan\/31\/israel-egypt-mubarak-peace-treaty-fears\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2011\/jan\/31\/israel-egypt-mubarak-peace-treaty-fears\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn February 23, 2011, eight days before Mubarak officially stepped down from office, the \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E ran an op-ed by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Brotherhood member, in which she warned the West about the Brotherhood\u2019s increasing power and suggested ways in which the U.S. might counter it.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EAyaan Hirsi Ali, \u201cGet Ready for the Muslim Brotherhood,\u201d \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E, February 3, 2011, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/02\/04\/opinion\/04iht-edali04.html?pagewanted=1\u0026amp;_r=1\u0026amp;ref=egypt\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/02\/04\/opinion\/04iht-edali04.html?pagewanted=1\u0026amp;_r=1\u0026amp;ref=egypt\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs Mubarak fell and the Brotherhood became a key player in the new Egyptian political world, Western media continued to focus on the question of the treaty. Days before Mubarak left power, the \u003Cem\u003EWashington Times\u003C\/em\u003E reported on a Japanese interview with a Brotherhood leader who called for any future Egyptian government to withdraw from the Israel-Egypt peace treaty, while a Brotherhood spokesman told CBS that the Brotherhood would respect the treaty as long as Israel made progress with the Palestinians.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EEli Lake, \u201cMuslim Brotherhood Seeks End to Israel Treaty,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EWashington Times\u003C\/em\u003E, February 3, 2011, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2011\/feb\/3\/muslim-brotherhood-seeks-end-to-israel-treaty\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2011\/feb\/3\/muslim-brotherhood-seeks-end-to-israel-treaty\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a February 6, 2011 interview with Germany\u2019s \u003Cem\u003EDer Spiegel\u003C\/em\u003E, Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei addressed Israeli concerns. Israel has a treaty with a single man, Mubarak, and not the Egyptian people, he said, adding that the Israelis \u201cshould understand that it is in their long-term interest to have a democratic Egypt as a neighbor.\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cElBaradei on Democracy\u2019s Chances in Egypt: \u2018We Could Experience an Arab Spring,\u2019\u201d \u003Cem\u003ESpiegel Online\u003C\/em\u003E, June 2, 2011, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/elbaradei-on-democracy-s-chances-in-egypt-we-could-experience-an-arab-spring-a-743825.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/elbaradei-on-democracy-s-chances-in-egypt-we-could-experience-an-arab-spring-a-743825.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E Prefacing his comments with how he disagrees with the Brotherhood\u2019s ideology, ElBaradei defended the Brotherhood, which he said had \u201cagreed to play by democratic rules.\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cElBaradei on Democracy\u2019s Chances in Egypt: \u2018We Could Experience an Arab Spring,\u2019\u201d \u003Cem\u003ESpiegel Online\u003C\/em\u003E, June 2, 2011, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/elbaradei-on-democracy-s-chances-in-egypt-we-could-experience-an-arab-spring-a-743825.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/elbaradei-on-democracy-s-chances-in-egypt-we-could-experience-an-arab-spring-a-743825.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the lead-up to Egyptian elections and during the early days of the Brotherhood government, many U.S. and Israeli media outlets questioned what a Brotherhood-led government would mean for the Israel-Egypt peace treaty and U.S.-Egyptian relations if Egypt nullified the treaty. U.S. media outlets were deluged with op-eds warning against the Brotherhood\u2019s rise to power. For example, Fawaz A. Gerges, a professor of international relations at the London School of Economics, called in a CNN op-ed for the opposition to find a voice, or else \u201cthe Muslim Brotherhood will probably be the dominant power in the next Egyptian parliament and that could pit the movement against the army\u2026.\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EFawaz Gerges, \u201cMuslim Brotherhood\u2019s Key Role in Egypt,\u201d CNN, February 14, 2011, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/OPINION\/02\/14\/gerges.muslim.brotherhood\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/OPINION\/02\/14\/gerges.muslim.brotherhood\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E Including the Brotherhood in a transitional government would be \u201ca mistake of historic proportions,\u201d according to U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cJohn McCain on the Dangers of the Muslim Brotherhood: \u2018They Should Be Excluded from Any Transition Government,\u2019\u201d \u003Cem\u003ESpiegel Online\u003C\/em\u003E, June 2, 2011, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/john-mccain-on-the-dangers-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-they-should-be-excluded-from-any-transition-government-a-743819.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/john-mccain-on-the-dangers-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-they-should-be-excluded-from-any-transition-government-a-743819.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the Brotherhood emerged as the leading political party in Egypt, media outlets continued to question what that would mean for the United States and Israel. The \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E reported that the young people who had driven the revolution had lost control of it as the Brotherhood gained power.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EMichael Slackman, \u201cIn Egypt, Muslim Group Takes Lead Role in Post-Mubarak Era,\u201d \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E, March 24, 2011, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/25\/world\/middleeast\/25egypt.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/25\/world\/middleeast\/25egypt.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E Questions in the Western media continued to swirl around what role the Brotherhood would play and whether the Israel-Egypt peace treaty would survive. \u201cWhile the two countries have benefited from a peace treaty for more than 32 years, the prevailing atmosphere of uncertainty is unsettling,\u201d the American Jewish Committee\u2019s Kenneth Brandler wrote in an op-ed for Fox News.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EKenneth Bandler, \u201cWill the Peace Hold Between Egypt and Israel?\u201d Fox News, February 11, 2011, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/2011\/02\/11\/peace-hold-egypt-israel\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/2011\/02\/11\/peace-hold-egypt-israel\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWestern media did not rush to embrace Morsi after his victory in the June 2012 presidential elections, and speculation continued about what his presidency would mean for the U.S. and Israel. Dan Ephron in the \u003Cem\u003EDaily Beast\u003C\/em\u003E wrote, \u201cHe won\u2019t attack Israel and he\u2019s unlikely to tear up the peace treaty, at least initially. But Israelis are worried that Mohammed Morsi\u2026 will lead an isolation campaign against the Jewish state, shore up Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and bring relations between the two countries to their lowest point in more than 30 years.\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EDan Ephron, \u201cMorsi\u2019s Win in Egypt Sparks Fear in Israel,\u201d Daily Beast, June 19, 2012, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2012\/06\/19\/morsi-s-win-in-egypt-sparks-fear-in-israel.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2012\/06\/19\/morsi-s-win-in-egypt-sparks-fear-in-israel.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe United States has refused to call the Egyptian army\u2019s July 2013 removal of the Brotherhood a coup, and media outlets have taken note. CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper observed that hours after Morsi\u2019s overthrow, President Obama \u201cpurposely avoided using the word \u2018coup.\u2019\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EJake Tapper, \u201cNo Coup? Obama\u2019s Careful Words on Egypt.\u201d CNN: The Lead With Jake Tapper, July 4, 2013, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/thelead.blogs.cnn.com\/2013\/07\/04\/coup-or-no-coup-obamas-careful-words-on-egypt\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/thelead.blogs.cnn.com\/2013\/07\/04\/coup-or-no-coup-obamas-careful-words-on-egypt\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E The \u201ccoup\u201d label carries legal repercussions for U.S. aid, so \u201cwhile what happened in Egypt fits the definition of a military coup\u2014don\u0027t expect to hear that four letter word from the administration,\u201d Tapper warned.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EJake Tapper, \u201cNo Coup? Obama\u2019s Careful Words on Egypt.\u201d CNN: The Lead With Jake Tapper, July 4, 2013, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/thelead.blogs.cnn.com\/2013\/07\/04\/coup-or-no-coup-obamas-careful-words-on-egypt\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/thelead.blogs.cnn.com\/2013\/07\/04\/coup-or-no-coup-obamas-careful-words-on-egypt\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E However, CNN itself ran a story on the day of Morsi\u2019s disposal with the headline: \u201cCoup topples Egypt\u2019s Morsy; deposed president under \u2018house arrest.\u2019\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EBen Wedeman. Reza Sayah and Matt Smith, \u201cCoup topples Egypt\u2019s Morsy; deposed president under \u2018house arrest,\u2019\u201d CNN, last modified July 4, 2013, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/07\/03\/world\/meast\/egypt-protests\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/07\/03\/world\/meast\/egypt-protests\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther media sourcesw such as \u003Cem\u003EForeign Policy\u003C\/em\u003E, also found themselves questioning why the United States would not label the Brotherhood\u2019s overthrow a coup: \u201cThough few think the ruling Muslim Brotherhood governed in an inclusive fashion during its one year in power, and many decried Morsy\u2019s authoritarian power grabs over parliament and the judiciary, reporters pushed officials to call a spade a spade.\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EJohn Hudson, \u201cObama Administration Won\u2019t Call Egypt\u2019s Coup a Coup,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EForeign Policy\u003C\/em\u003E, July 8, 2013, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/thecable.foreignpolicy.com\/posts\/2013\/07\/08\/obama_administration_wont_call_egypts_coup_a_coup\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/thecable.foreignpolicy.com\/posts\/2013\/07\/08\/obama_administration_wont_call_egypts_coup_a_coup\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite disagreement over how it happened, Western pundits have largely embraced the fall of the Brotherhood government as positive. The Brotherhood revealed itself to be \u201ca Leninist-style organisation, intent on power for power\u0027s sake, that was leading the country into Islamic totalitarianism and economic ruin,\u201d wrote Hugh Miles in the \u003Cem\u003ETelegraph\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EHugh Miles, \u201cEgypt Crisis: Why Coup against the Muslim Brotherhood May Not Be the End for Political Islam.\u201d \u003Cem\u003ETelegraph\u003C\/em\u003E (London), July 4, 2013, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/africaandindianocean\/egypt\/10159514\/Egypt-crisis-why-coup-against-the-Muslim-Brotherhood-may-not-be-the-end-for-political-Islam.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/africaandindianocean\/egypt\/10159514\/Egypt-crisis-why-coup-against-the-Muslim-Brotherhood-may-not-be-the-end-for-political-Islam.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"American and Israeli Media"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]