Muslim Brotherhood calls for Syrian protes

According to RIA Novosti:

Muslim Brotherhood calls for Syrian protest 'declaration of war' - expert

A banned Syrian opposition group's call on anti-government protestors to take to the streets ahead of Friday prayers is a direct challenge to the country's authorities, a political experts says.

It is believed to be the first time that the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood has called for street action since a popular uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began six weeks ago.

Read about it here:

http://en.rian.ru/world/20110429/163772846.html

And here:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.ce7c362a719710baba258bff00b37376.6b1&show_article=1

And The Jerusalem Post reported that:

'Egypt to permanently open Rafah border crossing'

The Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza will open on a permanent basis within seven to ten days, Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Elaraby told Al-Jazeera during an interview Thursday. He said during the interview that steps would be taken in order to alleviate the "suffering of the Palestinain people."

The opening of the crossing would allow greater freedom of movement for people on both sides of the border, as well as goods in and out of Gaza without Israeli permission.

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=218343

The Muslim Brotherhood has been the dominate factor in Egypt since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.

US to reconsider PA funding following unity deal

The Palestinian government remains in place despite a reconciliation deal between the two main Palestinian factions and US aid continues to flow to it, US State Department spokeswoman Heide Bronke-Fulton said on Thursday, saying it would review aid if a new one is formed. However, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers said on Thursday after a meeting in Tel Aviv with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that "the Palestinian Authority has chosen an alliance with violence and extremism over the democratic values that Israel represents."

PA negotiator Nabil Sha'ath revealed that the PA was working towards getting both the US and the EU to remove Hamas from their list of terror organizations.

This is the height of duplicity, and a sure sign of PA intentions. The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in the 1920s and is the source of pretty much every extremist Muslim group, including Hamas. No doubt that PA leaders also believe that a unified front that includes all Palestinian Arab areas (i.e., Judea and Samaria and Gaza) would stand a better chance of being recognized internationally as a state. This is the height of duplicity, and a sure sign of PA intentions.

Hamas: We won't negotiate peace with Israel

Mahmoud al-Zahar says peace with Israel not on new Palestinian government's agenda. Meanwhile, Fatah and Hamas officials outline terms of reconciliation agreement, stress deal is first step on the way to establish independent state, in joint press conference in Cairo

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4061540,00.html

Israel FM says Palestinian deal crosses 'red line'

"With this accord, a red line has been crossed," the ultra-nationalist foreign minister told Israel's military radio a day after the Palestinian parties announced a surprise reconciliation agreement.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.a491cf8a990eb5cf692319a5847fb708.581&show_article=1

It looks like the Muslim Brotherhood is expanding it influence rapidly.