The final chapter has yet to be written on the Arab Spring. Events unfolding in Egypt indicate that the situation is still quite volatile.
But the first Egyptian Spring occurred over 3000 years ago, when a people – three million strong – simply walked out of a dictator’s grasp. Ten plagues and a sea split in two probably was better cover than a NATO no-fly zone.
Unlike masses in Syria and Libya, the Jews did not wage war against the ruling class. In contrast to the despots chased from their own countries, they did not attempt to overthrow Pharaoh and his regime. They simply left. A major difference between the original Exodus from Egypt in (the spring of 2448 in the Jewish calendar) and the mode… Read More »