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Ask about the "new" revolution in Egypt and activists will say the last one never ended, and won't.
Some six months later, July 8 has been called the beginning of a "Million Man" protest, an uprising activists hope will be the largest since the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak in early February. The aim is to demonstrate the widespread public outcry to put former government officials on trial and rein in the military council that has governed Egypt since Mubarak's removal.
The latest Egyptian-Israel gas pipeline blast signals a further erosion of “goodwill” from Cairo, according to Infrastructures Minister Uzi Landau. He also warned that electricity prices will soar by 20 percent.
“Economic ties between Egypt and Israel are eroding,” Landau warned on Army Radio Tuesday. An immediate result will be a hike by approximately 20 percent in the cost of electricity as the Israel Electric Corp. is forced to use expensive diesel fuel as a substitute for natural gas from Egypt. It will take at least two years until Israel’s newly-found offshore gas fields will be online.
Diplomatic relations with Egypt also are worsening, he said, after the uprising that resulted in the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and the installation of a provisional military regime. Israel has allowed Egypt to place more troops in the Sinai to protect the gas pipeline from El Arish to the Israeli port of Ashkelon.