Hamas to benefit from victory by Muslim Brotherhood

EGYPT’S first post-revolution vote will shift the political scene in favour of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, whether or not the Muslim Brotherhood wins, analysts and Hamas officials say.

Despite a spike in unrest, Egyptians are to start going to the polls today and are expected to elect a government led by the Muslim Brotherhood, a group that in effect gave birth to the Palestinian group.

“That is going to reflect positively for Hamas,” said Mukhaimer Abu Saada, a political science professor at Gaza’s Al-Azhar University.