Shake-up in the Middle East

Hamas has decided to abandon its support for the Syrian regime and to support the rebels instead. (I first heard this yesterday, but only Reuters was reporting it, so I waited until others were reporting it before mentioning it.) See this link. Note the reference to marchers shouting, “No Hezbollah and no Iran.” Those were probably Egyptians saying that, but still, this is a big shift and is no doubt partly the result of not wanting to support what Assad is doing to his own people as well as the rising power of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (which may supplant Iran as Hamas’ primary backer).