“The June 30 Egyptian revolution was difficult to predict precisely. Although many commentators, journalists and members of the intelligence community could have said on the eve of the demonstrations that Mohammed Morsi’s position was problematic, or even under threat, it’s doubtful that any of them would have put any money on last week’s events turning into a full-fledged military coup (some would call it a popular revolution).

At the end of an eventful week that, in keeping with most post-revolutionary eras, saw dozens killed, many question marks remain as to the future path of Egypt and its relationship with Israel. At first glance, the ousting of the Muslim Brotherhood doesn’t appear to augur any terrible long-run development for Israel. However, the immediate repercussions were already felt this week, when jihadist terror organizations based in the Sinai increased their upped to target Egyptian military soldiers on the one hand (on Tuesday night two Egyptian soldiers were killed in an ambush), and to attack Israeli targets on the other, as in the rockets fired at Eilat last weekend.”

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