P F Tinmore, et al,
HAMAS has (had) a strong affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood. HAMAS
(The Islamic Resistance Movement) is a springboard for the belief in:
“Allah is our objective, the Prophet is our leader, the Koran is our law, Jihad is our way, and dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope. Allahu-akbar!”
Hamas has never been a threat to Egypt.
(COMMENT)
THE SECURITY ASPECT: Egypt was to maintain it distance from those radical Islamist activities that may aggravate an internal security threat. Egypt has no clear agenda to help Israel against HAMAS; but, instead it wants to avoid providing a backdoor for a resurgence of the Muslim Brotherhood and anything else
(including DAESH) that could create the seeds of political discontent for the Egyptian Leadership into the future. While HAMAS has an interest in reopening and maintaining a good relations with Egypt; there is a concern that HAMAS will turn a blind eye to the detection and neutralization of political insurgents and radical Islamists that might use the cover of "normal Gazans" as a means to infiltrate through the border and into Egypt.
THE POLITICS: The discord between HAMAS and Egypt was aggravated by the harsh words when HAMAS Senior Leaders boycotted the Reconciliation Meeting between Fatah and HAMAS. The Egyptians viewed the breakdown in the reconciliation to be HAMAS's fault; as did the Arab League, which extended its recognition of Mahmoud Abbas as the Palestinian President.
At the current time, there is no reason to assume that HAMAS and it allied Hostile Arab Palestinian (HoAP) factions will even consider a more realistic position on the mediation and negotiation of of Peace. The HoAP want to first, secure the territory now in the hands of the Israeli Security Occupation. In this first step, it can put Israel in an exceedingly difficult defensive position, and then open a gradually increased insurgency such that the Arab League will have a better opportunity to overcome the IDF. The HoAP has no intention of acquiescing to a long-term Peace.
By effectively pinning-down the IDF, the other Regional Threats like DAESH will be able to move into the adjacent neighbors without fear; just ever more close to Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon.
Most Respectfully,
R