The Globe and Mail, Graeme Smith reporting. Alex Joffe is formerly of the David Project, and lives in New Rochelle, an archaeologist and historian:
In a prescient article, published little more than a week before the latest attacks, Alex Joffe at the Institute for Jewish and Community Research warned that a “security vacuum” allowed more freedom for Islamists operating in the region….
Mr. Joffe now says the only solution will be for Egypt to re-establish the security apparatus that fell apart during the revolution.
“The pharaohs had the same problem in that region, and they would give you the same answer,” Mr. Joffe said. “The only thing they understand is somebody smacking them on the head.”
