As’ad Abu Khalil passes along at his Angry Arab blog a response from a “journalist whose knowledge of Egypt he respects” to his inquiries about the possibility of a coup in Egypt.

obviously, the longer the gaza situation remains as is and hamas puts on a strong defense, the more likely it will happen. one of the journalists who has been in touch with people there says anything that provides a context for a coup at this stage will be used, people are just fed up. one has to be on ground to give smart estimate but i believe chances for either revolt or coup remain low to medium at best- the former less likely than the latter. any sustainable coup in my opinion has either to secure the support or sympathy of ikhwan or get green light from washington-, otherwise it will have no muscle and will be left exposed. but you know these things, when they happen , there is a rupture that one can hardly rationalize.