The ongoing terrible strife and upheavals in Egypt has, presently, been over-shadowed by the mayhem in Syria.
From Tikkun:
"That America continues to provide military assistance and more than a billion in military aid to the Egyptian military while Obama dithers about calling the situation a “coup,” that Zionists (both Christian and Jewish) have pushed for the U.S. to continue to aid this Egyptian military, and that Israel overtly supports the military (along with Saudi Arabia and other reactionary regimes)—even after the massacres of thousands of nonviolent Muslims protesting the coup—all this should be a source of shame for every American and every Jew.
In the piece below, Uri Avnery, the most respected Israeli peace leader, provides precisely the nuance that is mostly absent from the “lamestream” media."
Egypt: Cry, Beloved Country
"I DIDN’T want to write this article, but I had to.
I love Egypt. I love the Egyptian people. I have spent some of the happiest days of my life there.
My heart bleeds when I think of Egypt. And these days I think about Egypt all the time.
I cannot remain silent when I see what is happening there, an hour’s flight from my home.
LET’S PUT on the table right from the beginning what’s happening there now.
Egypt has fallen into the hands of a brutal, merciless military dictatorship, pure and simple.
Not on the way to democracy. Not a temporary transition regime. Not anything like it.
Like the locusts of old, the military officers have fallen upon the land. They are not likely ever to give it up voluntarily."
Go to Tikkun to continue reading the Avnery piece.
From Tikkun:
"That America continues to provide military assistance and more than a billion in military aid to the Egyptian military while Obama dithers about calling the situation a “coup,” that Zionists (both Christian and Jewish) have pushed for the U.S. to continue to aid this Egyptian military, and that Israel overtly supports the military (along with Saudi Arabia and other reactionary regimes)—even after the massacres of thousands of nonviolent Muslims protesting the coup—all this should be a source of shame for every American and every Jew.
In the piece below, Uri Avnery, the most respected Israeli peace leader, provides precisely the nuance that is mostly absent from the “lamestream” media."
Egypt: Cry, Beloved Country
"I DIDN’T want to write this article, but I had to.
I love Egypt. I love the Egyptian people. I have spent some of the happiest days of my life there.
My heart bleeds when I think of Egypt. And these days I think about Egypt all the time.
I cannot remain silent when I see what is happening there, an hour’s flight from my home.
LET’S PUT on the table right from the beginning what’s happening there now.
Egypt has fallen into the hands of a brutal, merciless military dictatorship, pure and simple.
Not on the way to democracy. Not a temporary transition regime. Not anything like it.
Like the locusts of old, the military officers have fallen upon the land. They are not likely ever to give it up voluntarily."
Go to Tikkun to continue reading the Avnery piece.
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