(CNN) -- Israel's defense minister said Sunday he is not concerned the relationship between his nation and Egypt will fray with the departure of longtime Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, but cautioned against rushing into elections.
"I don't think the relationship between Israel and Egypt is under any risk or that there is any kind of operational risk awaiting us," Ehud Barak told ABC's "This Week".
But, he said the "real winners" of any short-term election, held within 90 days, for example, will be the Muslim Brotherhood, "because they are already ready to jump".
"Usually (in) revolutions, if they are violent, there is an eruption of idealist sentiment at the first moment," he said. "And later on, sooner than later, the only group which is coherent, focused, ready to kill and be killed, if necessary, takes power. That should be avoided in Egypt. That could be a catastrophe for the whole region". CNN
