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Egypt in particular has seen an explosion of militancy in recent years,
including a growing confidence to challenge America’s favourite
president-for-life, Hosni Mubarak. It was only severe repression
earlier this year that prevented a growing labour insurgency from turning into a general strike, rooted in the giant textile mills of Malhalla, Egypt.
That
anger still exists and the confidence remains unbroken. The present
slaughter in Gaza is creating a special crisis for Egypt because it has
locked down its Gaza border, preventing at gunpoint desperate
Palestinians trying to escape.
“The
largest protests against the Israeli bombardment of Gaza were in Egypt,
where 8,000 demonstrated in the southern city of Aysut, 4,000 protested
in the capital Cairo and 4,000 in Alexandria. In total, more than
50,000 demonstrated in Egyptian cities on Sunday, led by the Islamist
opposition, the Muslim Brotherhood, out of which Hamas first emerged.”
Within Iraq anger at the slaughter is acting as a catalyst to unite Sunni, Shia – and even Kurds in the north.
Israel is undermining all of America’s good work of divide. The war
against Gaza could make life difficult for America in Iraq.
In Jordan, which has long aided Israel, including a massacre of tens of thousands of Palestinians during Black September, 1970, protests continued across the country.
In
Lebanon, which has also suffered under the blows of Israel’s
American-made weapons, and which sent the Israeli’s scurrying back
across the border on more than one occasion, there was a mass demonstration of tens of thousands that pledged solidarity with the suffering Palestinians.
And,
of course, within Israel/Palestine itself the assault is pushing more
Palestinians towards support for Hamas and leading to greater unrest –
including riots and protests - in the areas controlled by the corrupt
satraps of Abbas’ Palestinian Authority.
Egypt in particular has seen an explosion of militancy in recent years,
including a growing confidence to challenge America’s favourite
president-for-life, Hosni Mubarak. It was only severe repression
earlier this year that prevented a growing labour insurgency from turning into a general strike, rooted in the giant textile mills of Malhalla, Egypt.
That
anger still exists and the confidence remains unbroken. The present
slaughter in Gaza is creating a special crisis for Egypt because it has
locked down its Gaza border, preventing at gunpoint desperate
Palestinians trying to escape.
“The
largest protests against the Israeli bombardment of Gaza were in Egypt,
where 8,000 demonstrated in the southern city of Aysut, 4,000 protested
in the capital Cairo and 4,000 in Alexandria. In total, more than
50,000 demonstrated in Egyptian cities on Sunday, led by the Islamist
opposition, the Muslim Brotherhood, out of which Hamas first emerged.”
Within Iraq anger at the slaughter is acting as a catalyst to unite Sunni, Shia – and even Kurds in the north.
Israel is undermining all of America’s good work of divide. The war
against Gaza could make life difficult for America in Iraq.
In Jordan, which has long aided Israel, including a massacre of tens of thousands of Palestinians during Black September, 1970, protests continued across the country.
In
Lebanon, which has also suffered under the blows of Israel’s
American-made weapons, and which sent the Israeli’s scurrying back
across the border on more than one occasion, there was a mass demonstration of tens of thousands that pledged solidarity with the suffering Palestinians.
And,
of course, within Israel/Palestine itself the assault is pushing more
Palestinians towards support for Hamas and leading to greater unrest –
including riots and protests - in the areas controlled by the corrupt
satraps of Abbas’ Palestinian Authority.
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