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Third Intifada Rallies To Kick Israel’s Ambassador Out of Egypt
“Palestinians have not been excluded from the Arab awakening that was dawning on the region and Israel is not immune from its ripple effect”
Dr. Ashraf Ezzat
Benjamin Netanyahu
“The Arab world is experiencing an earthquake”
… thus commented Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minster, on the power of popular uprisings sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa.
Passing that quick judgment, Netanyahu overlooked the fact that that mighty earthquake was actually taking place next door and that Israel was bound to feel the aftershocks sooner or later.
It is very true that the whole Arab spring with revolutions erupting almost all over the Arab world has nothing to do with Israel as far as motivation is concerned, but that doesn’t mean that Israel is immune from its ripple effect.
Egyptian protesters marching on the Israeli embassy in Cairo.
Arabs set out on these unprecedented rallies to protest decades of domestic political and economic injustices, but there are more grievances that Arabs share than just lost democracy and freedom of expression, there are more things lost from the Arabs worthy of their solidarity and collective struggle, namely the land of Palestine.
If the Arab people decided to address 60 years of unmet socio-political demands then the Palestinian issue should undoubtedly come on top of that list.
Israeli embassy in Cairo
Intifada is the Arabic synonym for an uprising, and whenever intifada is mentioned the image of Palestinians’ struggle and legitimate call for an end to the Israeli occupation and the return to their homeland is instantly summoned up in our mind.
Intifadas come in times of despair, in times when deception and corruption prevail; people go out to the streets to cry out their frustrations as well as their aspirations. They long for a better tomorrow and they try to find light at the end of the tunnel.
Palestinians went on two previous popular intifadas in 1987 and 2000 that were provoked by Israel’s persistent denial to their legitimate demands and by the Zionist evasive policies that somehow manipulated all the fragile agreements reached throughout the more fragile so called peace process.
From Camp David and Madrid accords reaching to the Oslo accords and god knows how many other undeclared accords, Israel have been awarded with the biggest and most delicious chunk of the cake, and with Palestinians trying to squeeze themselves in the left behind 20 % of their homeland, going down from the 60% they had back in 1948.
After 62 years of struggle and international political deception the Palestinians have winded up living like prisoners in ghetto-like slums besieged by a ruthless blockade on Gaza and by a historically outdated wall barrier encircling the few Palestinian villages left in the west bank.
This is the deplorable status que of the Palestinians; this is the sad story of a people living in exile in their homeland.
And if the Arabs in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Syria have made it so obvious they can’t tolerate to be oppressed nor marginalized any more what does that say of their Palestinian brethren who are being systematically driven out of their land in the most abhorrent ethnic cleansing scheme in modern times.
From Tahrir Square to Palestine
Protesters rallying around the entrance to the Isareli embassy.
Palestinians have not been excluded from the Arab awakening that was dawning on the region; they went out in huge rallies to call for unity of the Palestinian leadership and denounce the divisions that crippled their political capability to manage the Palestinian file competently.
Last March a group of Arab and Palestinian cyber activists created a facebook page that actually called for a third Palestinian intifada on May 15th.
The facebook page has gone viral in a couple of weeks as it attracted thousands of Arabs to the call, and the more visitors clicked into the site confirming their support to the intifada, the more Israel grew restless and nervous about it.
With the start of April, an Israeli cabinet minister, aggressive Zionist lobbying in the United States and the anti-defamation league managed to muscle mark zuckerberg, facebook co-founder, and forced him to pull this notoriously growing third intifada page completely out of the famous social network.
Egyptian protester with a sign that reads in Arabic " leave us Zionists"
Realizing the incredible role the web social media have played out in communicating and mobilizing people in the current Arabic uprisings, Israel, and after finishing off the third intifada page, created its new facebook page in Arabic language. Through this page Israel tried to wash away any memorable trace of the intifada call and set out to promote the Zionist agenda and its own definition of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
After a whole month of aggressive Israeli counter-attack on the third intifada call on the web, Israel was taken by surprise by the announcement of a reconciliation deal in Cairo between Hamas, Fatah and other Palestinian factions and their agreement to form a Palestinian national unity government.
To Israel this has not been only a surprise but also a bad omen for this national unity is what the Palestinian protesters called for in their rallies that coincided with the start of the Arab spring. It was like a prophecy coming true.
On the first Friday of May, and in a show of solidarity with this call for a third intifada, or what they called al- Aqsa uprising, scores of Egyptian protesters rallied toward the Israeli embassy in Cairo and voiced their dissatisfaction over the continued Israeli occupation of the Arabic lands in Palestine.
In the rally protesters called for the Israeli ambassador to be expelled from Egypt and demanded the freeze of exporting Egypt natural gas to Israel.
The number of protesters gathered in front of the Israeli embassy kept growing all day long as they chanted anti-Israeli slogans and pledged to enroll in the intifada for liberating the occupied parts in Palestine and Jerusalem.
They also demanded that Israel stop the excavations beneath Al-Aqsa mosque, that were endangering the Islamic holy monument, and stop its illegal siege on Gaza.
Protesters in their mass prayers dedicated to the Palestinian cause.
Protesters kept their ground till the very last light of the day when they finally participated in mass prayers dedicated to the Palestinian cause and victims whose lives were sacrificed along 62 long years of struggle against the Zionist brutal occupation.
As the night was falling down, the crowd left, yet they pledged to come back again on the following Friday in thousands as preplanned for the massive rallies in Tahrir square, or what they call the Friday of Al –Aqsa intifada.
No doubt that Mr. Netanyahu proved to be a real visionary when he saw the undergoing changes in the Arab world as an earthquake, but for the aftersocks to ripple all the way to his own back yard, that he didn’t see coming.
For more articles by Dr. Ashraf Ezzat visit his website.
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Doc. Thanks for the update here. We really need to get material like this from he folks in country. It’s great to see the Egyptians working together with cool heads, seeming to have overcome the divide and conquer tactics using so effectively against them for decades now.
You folks are setting the bar for how to clean up your country with your interior minister getting an initial 12 year sentence and confiscation of all of his assets, and the murder trial so setting his thugs loose on the demonstrators has yet to come.
We look forward to the future executions so the remaining crooks can have a little time to think about what is awaiting them for all the damage they have inflicted on their people.
“We look forward to the future executions so the remaining crooks can have a little time to think about what is awaiting them…”
Good idea, Jim, and please let this swine be first on the chopping block, (way overdue for butchering)-
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/30/israel-slams-bombing-of-gas-pipeline-palestinian-reconciliation-and-egypt-strongly-responds/comment-page-1/#comment-194707
Thanks for the info. Anybody who supports justice for the oppressed Palestinians gets my support. Just imagine being oppressed for 63 years.
I was before arguing for a “two state solution”. This is not viable anymore since the Zionist fundamentalists have already confiscated too much territory. I followed an interview with Netanyahu and he was arguing for a “two state solution”. That is ridiculous. Anybody who knows the mentality of him and Likud politics knows that they do not want a two state solution according to international law at the 1967 borders. They want a few Palestinian bantustans and they want to perpetuate their crimes against the Palestinians until they leave. The only way now is a one state solution. Those criminal Zionists who do not like that can leave and go back to Russia, Germany and countries where they already belong, including thug Nuttyahoo.
While trying to avoid partisanship, it is important to note that while many in Egypt wish to support the the brutally oppressed Palestinians in Israel at the same time there are brutal attacks on Christians in Egypt. This is particularly unfortunate because in the recent past about 20% of Palestinians were Christians. It may be less than that now because of large scale emigration of Christians. Whether this is because of fear of the Muslim majority, fear of the strife or simply because it is easier for Christians to emigrate-they tend to be wealthier, it is culturally easier and they likely have relatives who can help. Probably all of the above.
While the attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt are doubtless carried out by a small minority of people, because of the huge population of Egypt a small minority is a very large number indeed, quite possibly outnumbering the Copts.
If Egypt wishes to, quite correctly, criticize Israel for its mistreatment of Palestinians then Egypt really ought get its own house in order (though that might well be said of all nations.)
It is really discouraging to look at the recent history of the world. Tito, in Yugoslovia, was a brutal dictator. Yet he kept centuries-old enmities under control. Before Tito the ethnic and religious strife was disgraceful. After Tito the bloodletting was appalling. Saddam Hussein, another brutal dictator, kept the inter-group strife in Iraq at a minimum. After Saddam another appalling bloodletting. While this does not justify brutal dictatorship, it certainly does show that there must be a firm rule of law.
Yet, some groups simply refuse to get along with their “enemies” and the formation of a single state is impossible or unworkable if tried. Balkanization is not necessarily a bad thing particularly if it reduces inter-group strife. It appears that only a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is workable and even that will not satisfy all.
Re: the Palestinian Christians, that has been covered on this website previously. That has nothing to do with Muslims although the Zionist imposters in occupied Palestine continually claim it is. Christian & Muslims are of the same blood whilst the Zionists are imposters basically.
Excerpt from a article on here:
“Since the Zionists arrived in the Holy Land with their “Greater Israel”, the Christian population has plummeted from 20% to less than 2%. Many who could afford to, have left due to the military occupation & its mindless restrictions on education and business, and the blocking of access to the holy places. The Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem’s residency permit has been revoked by the Zionist regime for the last six months, making it impossible for him to carry out his duties properly.”
Christians leaving Bethlehem:
The mayor of Bethlehem has said Israeli occupation is forcing Christians to leave the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ in ever increasing numbers.
Hanner Nasir, the Christian mayor of this West Bank town, said living under the occupation was an offence to human dignity.
“Each year I try not to be gloomy in my Christmas message,” he said. “But the harsh facts on the ground and the clouds of instability and suffering that continue to overshadow Bethlehem strongly push me to this direction.”
Bethlehem continues to be the Palestinian city with the largest Christian population. The Christians and Muslims there have, for the most part, lived peacefully side by side. On the outskirts are three Palestinian refugee camps, dating from 1948. In 2000, the Israeli army invaded the city, and many people sought sanctuary in the besieged Church of the Nativity.
quote = Excerpt from a article on here:
“Since the Zionists arrived in the Holy Land with their “Greater Israel”, the Christian population has plummeted from 20% to less than 2%.
…. OK if that is the case why is it that the Muslim population in Holy Land has grown since the Zionists took over?
It would appear that the Zionists are not the reason.
the zionists are the reason for EVERY shitty thing that happens on the planet.
The population has gone up in every country on the planet since 1948, what the hell is your point? What…only the non-semite Khazar “Jews” fm Europe and N. America who have been invading Palestine for the past 100 years have the right to procreate? Sounds like your anxious to see the “hajis” and “ragheads” exterminated in some Likudnik “final solution”…It’s not enough that they created their shitty country through uninvited immigration, terrorism, massacres and the ethnic cleansing of innocent people..It’s not enough that we’ve paid them well over $100B since 1948..It’s not enough all their spying and espionage against us..It’s not enough their false-flag terror ( USS Liberty..LaVon…9-11 )…We have to suffer their apologists!!!
No that’s not at all what I said. Wow talk about selective reading.
I said if the Zionists are responsible for the cleansing why has the population of Christians in Holy Land been reduced to almost zero while population of Muslims in Holy Land has grown more than that of any other religion?
Doesn’t exactly fit your narrative. My parents are Christians from Egypt. I have very good sense for what is going on. And what is going on in Egypt now is not good for anyone other than extremist Muslims. How many Copts does Gordon Duff know?
Firm rule of the law. You got that right. Egypt is still in a state of security lag.
And one more thing, we should not forget that Egypt is witnessing an ongoing process of change, and those ugly sectarian incidents are part of a counter-revolution staged operations by the old regime and its supporters.
The majority of Egyptians- muslims and copts- denounce these kind of sectarian violence.
The resilience and moderation of Egyptians, a people who goes back thousands of years should deliver them from the revoluion fallouts.
Dr. Ezzat I hope you are right. I pray for my family in Egypt every day.
“your family?” bs..you’re a neo-con liar.
Oh yes of course. Look at all these neo-con liars as well. My cousin was there. He is also a neo-con liar though…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HHvnBO_m2c
I know Copts in Egypt (Mahallah & Alexandria) and they are proud Egyptians and have nothing against the Muslims. I strongly suspect you are not who you claim to be. In fact the Copts hate the zionist occupiers of Palestine more than the Muslims do.
As regards Palestine:-the Christians were not leaving pre-1948. Christian Palestinians (Like Prof Bernard Sabella, Edward Said, Hanna Siniora, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi & countless others) have spoken and they are to be believed over some zionist cult’s propaganda squad. The Muslims did not ethnically cleanse them away like settler zionists did & still do, as we speak, from Jerusalem & West Bank.
Palestine , we will arrive we will free you with God help. PALESTINE the cancer , which has destroyed you will fall down soon …. very soon.
You are in all true and human’s hearts
Israel knows that millions of Egyptian will want to march to Gaza, to open the Rafah crossing, saving Palestine from genocide and mass murder, the destruction of the nation state of Palestine. The only way Israel could distract the Egyptian leadership, to provide the pretext for intervention, is to create a climate of fear through violence, within which it would hope a police crack-down will stop the mass movement in Egypt against the Israeli apartheid regime.
Meanwhile 12 dead and 200 injured as Churches burn in Egypt.
Shhhhhh don’t tell anyone.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/08/muslims-christians-clash-cairo-egypt_n_859110.html
I would like to know who is really behind the attacks on Christians in Egypt. Could it be outside agitators, just thinking….
Sorry I should have read Greg first.
See what you think of this analysis, John-
http://www.maskofzion.com/2011/01/alexandria-church-bombing-mossad-who.html
Who is behind the attacks on Christians in Egypt?
I don’t know. It takes a rocket scientist to figure it out.
Why don’t you ask the Copts who are your neighbors who are behind the violence? Gordon Duff won’t mention it.
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/american-copts-protest-anti-christian-sectarian-violence-in-egypt/
“Washington, DC (December 14, 2009) – International Christian Concern (ICC) announces the commencement of three Coptic rallies to be held in several U.S. cities.”
“American Coptic Christians have coordinated demonstrations to voice their concerns over the vast increase of sectarian violence toward Christian minorities in Egypt. The rallies will be held in New York and Chicago on December 14th, and Los Angeles on December 27th.”
“Anti-Christian clashes have hit a boiling point in upper Egypt and in villages throughout the country. The Egyptian government has refused to intervene, leaving Copts defenseless at the hands of Muslim mobs. Egypt’s government has committed grave violations of human rights by failing to protect the Coptic minority and forcing the deportation of Copts from villages where anti-Christian attacks have occurred. The government has also ignored the abduction and incarceration of Coptic women by Muslim men, an overt abuse on women which directly corresponds with the UN’s definition of human trafficking.”
Here are some nice Copts from New York. Why don’t you ask them who is behind the violence?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HHvnBO_m2c
“Obama Obama where are you?”
You are 100% a zionist shill! Family in Egypt RIGHT. Pull the other one retard.
http://www.politicalforum.com/zionist-agenda/93175-october-1983-mossad-kills-242-us-marines-massive-bomb-lebanon.html
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them,
or in adhering to their Enemies,
giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
The Congress shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
http://judicial-inc-archive.blogspot.com/2010/11/1983-bombing-of-us-marines-in-beruit.html
http://just-another-inside-job.blogspot.com/2007/04/zionist-s-killing-of-us-marines-in.html
or you could go to http://www.maskofzion.com the “Jews” in the Holy Land spit at crucifixes as a religious obligation. to hell with them and to hell with you.
Yes you could go with random incidents of “spit” and ignore the actual slaughter of real life Christians such as those I know in Egypt. I believe that is known as selection bias.
I believe you know no one in Egypt – Copt or otherwise. What a transparent lying toerag you are! Hasbarat written all over your comments.
We all know Israel is the anti-Christ. Now go burn another New Testament. Do your repulsive cult a favor.
ok well you got me Derek
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+1 Greg
I’ll be honest with you..the ONLY arabs I haven’t been disappointed in recently are the Shia in Lebanon for giving the spawns of Satan a nice black-eye in ’06…The Christians in Lebanon/Egypt…the Sunnis, Druze..etc..I’m not impressed with any of them…They’re all obssessed with jockeying for position and not working together..It really upsets me…Samir Geagea gave a speech after the ’06 war and didn’t mention Israel once ( you would have thought that the Shia militia carpet bombed the country)..Walid Jumblatt has openly sd he favors an Israeli re-invasion in the south! Why didn’t Geageas militia fight the Zionist scum in the ’06 war? Might upset his CIA handler? Why did the Lebanese army not defend their homeland? Israel must go and ALL arabs must work together to wipe the stain of Zionism fm the Middle East,
As I thought you don’t actually care for Arabs or any other people you just want to use them to further your goal.
Do you at all care about what is best for the living conditions of the 80 million Egyptians?
Now where did you get that from what he wrote? Pure conjecture zionistan hasbarat style. You just love claiming people said something and claim you can think for them too. Removing the stain of zionism is surely in the Arabs best interests dont you think zionistani? Not only for the Arabs but for the entire human race.
oppressed for 63 years all the ARAB WORLD should get togeather and blow this son –of –a—- bitch of IS–RA–HELL off the map. way over due to get rid of this ASS–HOLE Who think’s he is god allmighty.
قد يلوم البعض مصر في رغبتها إنتقاد اسرائيل لأنتهاكها لحقوق الفلسطينيين المقهورين المسلوبه أرضهم وحرياتهم فأولى بها أن تحافظ على حقوق الأقلية من المسيحيين الأقباط في مصر .
وتم ربط ما يحدث الأن في مصر من أحداث تصادم بين المسلمين والأقباط بما حدث بعد أنتهاء حكم الديكتاتوريات في حكم تيتو وصدام حسين .
ولكن يجب أن يعلم من يؤمن بهذه النظرية أن في مصر لا يوجد حرب عرقية بين المسلمين والأقباط ولا يوجد لدي أي طرف منهم فكرة التطهير العرقي للطرف الأخر وأن المشاكل الموجودة بين الطرفين هي مشاكل بين الإدارة الحاكمة لهذه البلد وليس هناك مشاكل إيمانية لمذهب كل طرف
ولكن المشكلة الرئيسية التى تواجه مصر كبلد هو غياب الأمن بها والجميع يعرف ما حدث في المؤسسة الأمنية بمصر من غياب وفقد للثقة بها من جانب الشعب بعد نجاح الثورة وأنا هنا لست في مجال لشرح أسباب غياب الأمن ولكن في ظل هذه الظروف التي تعيشها مصر بعد نجاح لثورتها الشعبية فأن هناك من يتربص بها من بعض البلاد في الخارج وأخص من هذه البلاد إسرائيل
أعذرني عزيزي د / أشرف أن أنهي تعليقي بدون تكملته فأنا منذ 3 أيام وأنا أحاول تكملته ولكن عذرا لظروف عملي . وقتي ضيق جدا وإلى تواصل أخر .
do you have twitter or facebook,I want to be your fans in hurry.2
Aw, this was a very nice post. In thought I want to put in writing like this additionally – taking time and actual effort to make a very good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and on no account seem to get one thing done.