As international outrage over the genocide in Sudan continues to grow, the Arab Muslim government breaks out the all-purpose boogeyman, guaranteed to enflame the Arab Street: Sudan: Israel supporting Darfur rebels.

Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail told reporters in Cairo his government had “information that confirms media reports of Israeli support.”

Ismail, who is taking part in an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers to discuss the Darfur crisis, said he was “sure the next few days will reveal a lot of Israeli contacts with the rebels.”

He pointed out that the Israeli ambassador to the U.N. had “started his talk about the Israeli barrier (at the U.N.) by speaking on Darfur and what the Arabs are doing there, as well as moving the Jewish communities to spread what is being said about Darfur.”