Posted on 02/01/2011 4:26:48 PM PST by Qbert
Around 6,000 Egyptian protesters and an expatriate minority stood for nearly four hours at the Syndicate of Journalists in Cairo at noon on Monday protesting the ongoing Israeli massacre of Gaza, calling for Israel's destruction and denouncing the Mubarak government, seen by many as complicit with Israel for refusing to allow Palestinians from the neighboring Gaza Strip into Egypt.
“Eliminate fascist Israel before it eliminates you!” “Muhammad's army is coming" and “We are all Hamas” were a few slogans shouted by 6,000 protestors in solidarity with Palestinians undergoing the deadliest Israeli offensive in 60 years that so far has killed over 375 Palestinian civilians and wounded nearly 2000.
“Israel is a criminal state that utilizes the memory of the Holocaust to deceive the world, yet its legacy is no different from Nazi Germany,” Husam Mokhtar, member of the Ikhwan told Alarabiya.net.
Many protesters argued that Israel’s ruthless and unyielding massacre of Palestinians despite condemnation of the international community forfeits the Jewish State’s right to exist in the Middle East.
"Since Arab blood is cheap to Israel, Israel in turn means nothing to Arabs and must be destroyed," 32-year-old protestor Abbas Hasan told AlArabiya.net.
"We are not asking Israel to stop because we know it won't. Instead we demand that our government and arab leaders take up arms against this questionable racist state and eliminate it," he added.
Egyptian government to blame.
Demonstrators also bellowed accusations against the Egyptian government, which they held accountable for the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza strip, which they said could have been minimized had Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing for all Gazans.
Susan Esmat, member of the Egyptian Party Karama—Dignity—expressed her anger at the Mubarak regime for failing to do what she considers the very basics of resisting Israeli terror on the region.
"Egypt must open its Rafah border and leave it wide open for our brethren in Gaza. Opening the border is the ABC of a long journey of resisting Israeli terror, which Egypt has historically done before and must continue to do now," she told AlArabiya.net.
“Our first demand as Egyptian citizens is shutting down the Israeli embassy, kicking out the Israeli ambassador and cutting all peace agreements with Israel,” George Hana, a Coptic demonstrator told AlArabiya.net.
“What is happening to the people of Gaza is the responsibility of Muslims and Christians alike," Hana continued, "Religion is the best means to bring together those who want peace in such sad and barbaric times."
Security forces
Rows of Egyptian security forces dressed in black lined the pavement on both sides of Abdel Khaliq Tharwat Street, the site of the protest, in downtown Cairo where the Journalist Syndicate is located.
Security forces kept demonstrators squished together on both sides of the street to prevent them from blocking the traffic on the usually busy street.
One security official told AlArabiya.net that the volume of demonstrators required heavy security to ensure safety and to allow the flow of traffic in the congested Egyptian capital.
"I am definitely with the people of Gaza, who isn't? But roads must be kept clear for people to go about their lives," he said.
MB calls for jihad, expatriates sympathize
Delivering a speech to a sea of demonstrators through a speaker, Muhammad Mahdi Aakif, Muslim Brotherhood chairman, called on Egyptians to join in a jihad against Israel.
"Fighting the enemy is the duty of all Muslims. As the Prophet said, the Muslim umma is like one body, if part of it is hurt, the rest of the body must come to its aid. Likewise are the Muslims present here today. We must go on a jihad to Palestine like our leader Salahudin-Saladin-did centuries ago," said Aakif.
MB member Mohamed el-Beltagy told demonstrators over the speaker that the MB presented to the government 10 demands which included an immediate stop of gas exports to Israel, the opening of the Rafah border, the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador, and termination of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
A number of expatriates in Cairo also joined the protest, carrying signs accusing Israel of war crimes but keeping quite as Egyptians shouted slogans in Arabic.
"I am here protesting with Egyptians because the Palestinian cause is a global one, and Israel's war crimes shame all citizens of the world who want peace and respect humanity," British-American James Williams told AlArabiya.net.
Asked about what he thought of the Muslim Brothers' call for jihad, Williams said that resistance is a natural reaction to what he called Israeli's atrocities on the Palestinians.
"I am against violence, but it is hard to expect countries in the region to take no action," he said.
Excitement and resentment reached higher levels as protesters burned the Israeli flag to make a statement against the Jewish state, with many shouting "Allahu Akbar"-God is Great-as they held high Palestinian and Egyptian flags.
And so it begins...
What is it going to take to open the eyes of the world to the threat that anything “Islamic/Muslim” is a DIRECT threat to freedom and democracy? Words like “Sharia’a Law” and “Jihad” should raise alarms in every free person the world over.
HELP!!!!
Obama already came out in support of them. Even gave a big speech today taking credit. Good find.
Look at a map of the world. Find countries that under the control or close to being controlled by the Muslims. Color them red as you find them. You’ll be amazed. Why has no one shown this in the media, print or TV?
“Words like “Sharia’a Law” and “Jihad” should raise alarms in every free person the world over.”
One would think.
Let these people take in the Palestinians. They think they are screwed up now. Wait until all these Palestinians get there.
It won’t take long before these Muslims start a war with Israel. They have many weapons that we gave them and will be tought to defeat. The problem is the more they win, the more they lose.
If it looks like Israel is going to go down, Israel will break out the Nukes.
They can start their new government and they can let the Palestinians into their country, nobody cares. But when they start their war, it’s going to gbe hell to pay./
No, I won’t be amazed because I understand how insidious Islam is. Silent and deadly.
MSM = “The Ostrich Syndrome” (If I ignore it, it doesn’t exist.)
And so, we are threatened with a “real and present danger.” Make no mistake: Our children and grandchildren will be the victims if we don’t act NOW to rescue AMERICA!
Only if they THINK!
That seems to be a big problem for a lot of people out there.
Yup.....even Fox News won’t even report on the spread of Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood in our own country.
They’ve been trained in public schools how NOT to think. Let the gubmint do the thinking for you while you’re out hugging trees that save gay whales while we submit to Global Warming and worry about the Ozone.
We need to get MAD and spread FR wherever we can!!!
I don't think they understand that reform means something totally different to Muslims than it does to them.
Then we need to get ugly with FOX News (and the MSM) and let them know we don’t like the way they interpret the news.
We don’t need anyone to give us their opinions of the news. We are intelligent, thinking beings. We need only the facts, and from there, we can form our own opinions of the news.
“Muslims” the world over have been lulled by the Jihadists. Sadly, the “Muslims” think they are opting for freedom and democracy. We can only hope that the real “Islam” rears its ugly head before they have a chance to become too much of a “good thing.”
Otherwise, America is in the fight for her life and Zero is going to go down in history as the faux-president who allowed it to happen.
My biggest regrets are 1) that I am on a fixed income, and 2) that I can’t afford a handgun/ammo, 3) I don’t know anyone who can help me acquire #2, and 4) I hate the fact that I am a widow with no credit.
Otherwise, I’d have a .357 revolver.
Think Norman Goldman is bad listen sometime to Mike Malloy who comes on later on Seattle’s Progressive station. My God is that guy a foul mouth goon.
And you are right, “I don’t think they understand that reform means something totally different to Muslims than it does to them. “
The Left does not have a clue what kind of calamity can happen after one of these revolts. Did I say calamity? I mean Armageddon.
Can any of the muslim-mass-murdering-loving fruitcakes on FR educate me about the circumstances that cause the Israelis to massacre Arabs in Gaza?
Also how the Israelis are preventing the Gaza Arabs from entering Egypt? Why would they do that? Unless, of course they return with truckloads of weapons and explosives...
Then it becomes "preventing Gaza Arabs from returning from Egypt with weapons and explosives." Totally justifiable.
Fact : islam is not a religion, it is a ruthless political system. Arabs are not a race. Islam is not a race. BUT IT IS A NATION.
We do not need to believe that. It is enough that MUSLIMS believe it, and their daily primitive barbaric behavior worldwide constantly reminds us all of what really matters.
Not what they say, but how they act. Their own actions condemn them.
About the report which is the basis of this thread : I wouldn't believe a muslim if he told me the time.
Hannity interviewed a muslim brother hood tonight, big time fireworks.
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