Anti-Semitism of Egyptian Protesters

Western media and governments conveniently ignore the anti-Semitic dimension of the protests in Egypt. To report on this would spoil the narrative most of the western media has given this story, which is that the Egyptian people are rising up against tyranny and demanding greater freedom and democracy as we have in the west. The anti-Semitism in the protests exposes the truth that this movement in Egypt has nothing to do with true democracy and freedom as we know it in the west, but as one which is pushing for a more islamic Egypt and an end to the peace treaty with Israel.

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Democracy or Jew-Hatred? More Evidence of Anti-Semitism at the Egypt Protests
There is massive evidence to be found in the Western media of anti-Semitism and “anti-Zionism” at the Egypt protests. But images in the flickr streams of amateur local photographers are even more shocking and unambiguous.

February 7, 2011 - by John Rosenthal



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In response to my PJM article documenting anti-Semitic imagery at the Egyptian protests, I’ve received several comments — both in public and in private — suggesting that, nevertheless, anti-Semitic and/or “anti-Zionist” sentiment among the protestors has played only a marginal role. The assurances to this effect are typically based on the first-hand accounts of Western observers or English-speaking participants with Western contacts. These accounts are supposed somehow to trump the clear pictorial evidence to the contrary.

The appearance of anti-Semitic and/or “anti-Zionist” motifs in the photos and videos of the protests is, however, simply too widespread and systematic for such assurances to reassure. Such images are to be found in video and photographic material from virtually every major Western news organization present in Egypt. This fact is all the more significant when one considers that the reports published or broadcast by these very same news organizations have as a rule outright ignored any anti-Semitic or anti-Israeli sentiment among the protestors. Indeed, as will be seen below, even more outrageous images figure prominently in the flickr streams of amateur local photographers.

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