Muslim Brotherhood (MB) General Guide Mohamed Mahdi Akef blamed Arab rulers for Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip. In an exclusive interview to Al-Masry Al-Youm, he said that the Zionist strikes on the Gaza Strip, which are claiming hundreds of lives among the Palestinians, confirm Arab rulers' connivance with the Americans, who are pleased to see Arabs and Palestinians being killed. He added that these rulers only wish to satisfy the Americans and the Zionists, as they believe they are the two powers behind their staying in power. Akef described the Arabs as powerless, as they have nothing and are held by iron grips. He said Arab individuals have honorable principles and values that could lead to the liberation of the Arab land, but Arab regimes are not happy about their peoples' braveness. For his part, MB Guidance Office member Rishad Bayoumi said Palestinian martyrs' blood – as he put it - had to be ascribed to Arab leaders, wondering: "How long will this silence and weakness continue?" "The Arab regimes are only good at standing against their own peoples who stage peaceful demonstrations in support of their Palestinian brothers, as they are arrested and tortured while these regimes keep silent in front of Israel's actions" he said.