Egyptians blame Hamas, yet are angry at Cairo as well
Egyptians blame Hamas, yet are angry at Cairo as well
http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=192893 (Arabic)
http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=192897 (Arabic)
http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=192628 (Arabic)
http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=193001 (Arabic)
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/02/mideast/egypt.php (English)
Despite an acknowledgement that Hamas is largely responsible for the current crisis in Gaza, Egyptians are remiss about their government's relative silence over Israel's bombing campaign, and its reticence to exercise diplomatic pressure on Israel and the United States to halt the military campaign by Israel. Egyptian government officials have been steadfast in limiting their criticisms to Hamas for abandoning the cease-fire with Israel, to the chagrin of most of Egyptians, many of whom have gone as far as concluding that the Egyptian government was complicit in the Israeli attacks. Photos of President Mubarak shaking hands with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni have fueled popular speculation that Egypt even approved the attacks beforehand, in order to scale back the power of Hamas. Protests this week by thousands in Cairo alone led to the closure of main streets in the city and the arrests of dozens, including 5 journalists from independent newspapers. While protest statements have poured in by various Egyptian opposition parties and groups, the Coptic Church printed a paid advertisement in Al Ahram newspaper commending Mubarak's "wisdom" and rejecting what they saw as excessive criticism of his stance on Gaza, while condemning Israel's attacks on Gaza. Meanwhile Al Masry Al Youm reports that sources reveal that Hamas leadership ordered the "targeting of Egyptian border security," leaving an Egyptian police officer, Yasser Esawi, dead last Sunday, with the aim of creating "chaos at the border" to "facilitate the penetration of Egyptian land by elements of the resistance." Meanwhile some 30,000 people participated in Esawi's funeral procession, and some held signs saying: "the blood of the martyr is on Hamas," while his relatives indicated that Esawi was attempting to admit food and medicine into Gaza when he was shot.
اجمالي القراءات
2011