Saudi (and Qatari) media and the storming of the Israeli occupation embassy

Saudi and Qatari media were clearly taken aback with what happened in Cairo yesterday.  It was as if the Counter-Revolution was hit in the face.  The unexpected--for them and their fellow Zionist sponsors--happened.  It was supposed to be about Syria on Friday, and only about Syria.  AlJazeera ignored the story for hours, while Al-Arabiyya (the news station of King Fahd's brother-in-law) was reporting on its website that only "tens" of protesters were outside the embassy, and they showed a picture of an empty place with dispersed protesters.  I told an Egyptian protesters of the estimate of "tens" that was promoted in Saudi media, and she was indignant and she told me (after consulting with fellow protesters) that the number was close to 10,000.  Aljazeera and Al-Arabiyya later had to provide extensive live coverage, but Aljazeera's chief correspondent in Cairo (who I never liked) was so blatantly hostile to the protesters and was clearly doing the propaganda work for the Military Council.  Lebanon's MTV's incompetent correspondent in Cairo wondered on the air what the protesters wanted when the "goals of the revolution have been achieved"--kid you not.  Egyptian regime TV was more amusing: it invited a few figures who have a long role of opposition to Israel in order to denounce the storming of the embassy.  And Egyptian liberals (how marginal liberals are in a time of revolution) were quick to reassure the White Man that they "too" are civilized.  As for the Arab cyper-street? It was on fire, almost literally.