JERUSALEM (AP) - For Israelis, the Islamist election surge in Egypt is depressing confirmation of a deeply primal fear: An inhospitable region is becoming more hostile still.

This sentiment has been accompanied by a bittersweet sense that Israel was dismissed as alarmist when it warned months ago that the Arab Spring -- widely perceived as the doing of liberals yearning to be free -- could lead to Islamist governments.

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