Anti-Israel rally turns violent in Cairo

[ellenrr]

Source: presstv

Over one million Egyptian protesters in Cairo's Liberation Square
demanded their military rulers to abandon Israel and lift the blockade
on the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday.
Fierce clashes have erupted between the Egyptian army and thousands of
protesters who gathered outside the Israeli embassy in the capital
Cairo to demand severing of all ties with Tel Aviv.

Protesters vented their rage at Tel Aviv by burning the Israeli flag
and demanding the liberation of Palestine, and promised to stand by
Gazans, who have been suffering Israeli's constant aggression and its
four-year long crippling siege, the Press TV correspondent added.

The recent Israeli attacks on the impoverished Gaza Strip since
Thursday, which have caused a total of 18 casualties and dozens of
injuries, lit the fuse for the massive demonstration.

Reports say that military police used tear gas and batons and fired
shots to defuse the protest, which marked the biggest demonstration
since the ouster of the former president.






Read more: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/173818.html

[aquart]

1. Sigh.

Everybody's scapegoat. Somebody else wanna be Chosen for a while?

[leftynyc]

2. I hear ya

Some things never change.

[Turborama]

4. Bullshit propaganda from Iran's disinformation station, more like.

Press TV is not a reliable source for any news about any protests being carried out anywhere.

The protests in Tahrir Square on Friday were actually about frustrations at the length of time it's taking to bring the former dictatorship to justice: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4807166

[Arrowhead2k1]

3. Al Jazeera makes no mention of the crowd being Anti-Israel...

They say it was to demand a trial for Mubarak...

PressTV is a propaganda rag, not worth even looking at. And I'm not even pro-Israel...

"Protesters retake iconic square, hours after security forces moved in to break up crowd demanding Mubarak's trial."

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/04/20114921821599558.html

Question everything you read folks. Don't just lap up everything that comes along and fits your world view.

[cali]

7. that is is a plea that will fall on stone fucking deaf ears here.

[cali]

5. good fucking grief? DUers should be ashamed of using Presstv

as a source for fucking anything. It makes Fuxx news look like a real source.

Fucking pathetic.

[Bosonic]

6. Sounds like PressTV

is (probably deliberately) conflating two separate demonstrations, a large one concerning the slow pace of change within Egypt, and a smaller anti-Israeli/pro-Palestinian (delete to taste) one outside the Israeli embassy.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHRq05JJIVorpVQ7RWpadRT643lQ?docId=cb7bf6de68e244a1be0384e8e90e68b5

[dipsydoodle]

8. Sounds about right

I have a feeling that the figure of 1,000,000 was a gross exaggeration anyway regardless of what was being protested.

[Behind the Aegis]

9. I hope people click on the link.

The article is a fucking scream! :rofl:

"Presstv.ir" is Farsi for "Fox News"... "we report, you decide (how evil the Zionist Empire really is!)"

(Note: the selective quoting in the OP is also interesting...unless, of course, the article has been changed.)

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[oberliner]

11. Poll: Majority of Egyptians support maintaining Israel peace

A poll conducted by The International Peace Institute published by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday shows that a majority of Egyptians would like to see a continuation of the peace treaty with Israel.

"Maintaining and advancing peace with Israel has far wider appeal than a rupture in relations," reads the report on the poll, citing 60 percent of those polled as supporting maintaining the peace treaty with Israel.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/poll-majority-of-egyptians-support-maintaining-israel-peace-1.354642

[LeftishBrit]

12. Any source other than the Iranian government's propaganda machine?

To the Iranian government and therefore its media, practically everything is about Israel. I'm surprised they even used the country's correct name; usually it's the 'Zionist Entity' or similar.

[TomClash]

13. Except this is not true

Every other news source mentions a Mubarak trial and the Civilian Council as the real issues.

[ooglymoogly]

14. Propaganda boooolshit

I watched this on Al jezeera...no mention of Israel.

I am ashamed for this blatant hogwash.