Egyptian soccer fans?
The New York Times reports that the mob that attacked the Israeli embassy on Friday night weren't Islamists, they were just 'soccer fans.' But there is another interpretation, and it is the predominant one abroad — Muslims, Arabs and indeed many around the globe believe Israel is unjustly occupying Palestinian territories, and they are furious at Israel for it. And although some Israelis pointed fingers at Islamicization as the cause of the violence, Egyptians noted Saturday that Islamist groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, distanced themselves from Friday’s protests and did not attend, while legions of secular-minded soccer fans were at the forefront of the embassy attacks.And we all know how much Egyptian soccer fans love Israel, don't we?
But what the Times has left out is that the rioters attacked many other embassies on Friday night (which might better explain that tweet from the Bahraini Foreign Minister that I noted in an earlier post), and that once again, the attacks had more to do with frustration of the revolutionaries over the slow pace of change in Egypt and less to do with Israel's dispute with the 'Palestinians.' The Times also gives the impression that if only Israel ended its 'occupation' of 'Palestinian territory' all would be well. The problem with that is that in the Arab Muslim mindset, the 'occupation' isn't just Judea and Samaria but Israel's very existence.
Labels: Egyptian Islamization, Egyptian soccer fans, Israeli embassy, Palestinian state RIGHT NOW syndrome
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:22 AM
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The NYTimes once pressured a contributor into submitting a more "balanced" account of closet neo-Nazi and avowed Holocaust denier David Irving's libel suit against Deborah Lipstadt (History on Trial p. 65-66). As the presiding judge was less ideologically bankrupt than the Pravda of the Martha Vineyard's set, Irving lost.
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