Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Egyptian rage at Israel

Yesterday, after a brief unannounced visit by an official of the Israeli occupation military ministry, the Egyptian regime of the Military Council, cracked down on Egyptian protesters and arrested some 180 protesters.  Can you imagine the uproar if those who were arrested were liberal advocates of American and Israeli occupations?  Not a word about that in the Western press.   The Arabic press reported widely on the matter.  Among the slogans chanted outside the embassy were:  "Burn in the Israeli flag.  Those are the ones who killed me and slit my throat."  And "The People want the downfall of Israel."  And "The first demand of the masses...Closure of the embassy and expulsion of the ambassador."  And "Toward the Aqsa we are going...Millions victorious."  And "Egypt and Palestine.  One Hand."  (Typical of Egyptian slogans, all of them rhyme in Arabic except the last one).