Sunday, August 25, 2013

The Israeli rhetoric of "terrorism" in Egypt

"Most often it is the Brothers that take the blame, though as the death toll from seven weeks of unrest approaches 2,000, the overwhelming bulk of victims has been on their side. In addition to the sour experience of one year under the inept rule of the Brotherhood’s man, Muhammad Morsi, before his overthrow on July 3rd, a ceaseless campaign of vilification in Egypt’s press has had its intended effect. “They deserve it” is the kind of callous remark reserved for what many now condemn in blanket terms as “terrorists”."