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Egyptian Paper Praises Terror Attack
By Micah Halpern

Wednesday April 19, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

O.K. so Hamas praises the terror attack in downtown Tel Aviv that took nine lives and wounded over sixty people.
But when an Egyptian newspaper editorial praises the attack we need to seriously evaluate the situation.

All press in Egypt is State run.
There is no independent thinking. There is no freedom of the press. There is no freedom of expression. When a State-run paper runs an editorial the day after the Tel Aviv terror attack saying that the mass murder was an act of "martyrdom" and "an act of sacrifice" red flashing lights go off.

Egypt is supposed to be a friend of Israel. They are supposed to be a friend of the United States and a supporter of the battle against terror.
Why would Egypt condone this brutal inhuman act of mass murder?

Three reasons:
Politically, it is good for internal consumption - they are speaking the mind of the people.
Politically, most Arabs do not believe that murdering an Israeli is actually wrong, they believe it is a justified act of self defense, not the mass murder of innocents.
Politically, Egypt wants to curry favor with Hamas so that they can later make demands on them.

The United States will not be happy. Egypt knows that. Egypt is playing a very dangerous game.

4 June 2017 12:14 PM in Thoughts


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