On the weekend of the tenth yearly commemoration for 9/11, the night of Friday September 9, 2011 saw a mass attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of violent demonstrators attacked the Embassy grounds, which were surrounded by Egyptian security forces. The demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails and stoned police. Over 1,000 […]
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The year was 1968. The thought on everybody’s mind was revolution. The Vietcong’s January Tet Offensive had triggered demonstrations throughout the United States and Britain. In March London’s Grosvenor Square hosted a riot across the street from the American Embassy. Paris was convulsed by general strikes and student riots in May ‘68. President de Gaulle […]
The land of Egypt is going through convulsions. The Middle East’s most populous country and the cultural center of the Arab world is experiencing riots in the streets. Media spin is trying to describe these events as a domino effect due to Tunisia’s recent “jasmine revolution” – when President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali succumbed to […]
President Obama is winding up his whirlwind tour of Islamic dictatorships. He has received golden gifts and has given, in exchange, golden complements, saying of Saudi King Abdullah, “I’ve been struck by his wisdom and graciousness” as well as “his generosity.” The President spoke with reporters before touching down in Saudi Arabia, declaring that he […]
In two weeks, millions of Jewish people the world over will recite these words at the Passover seder “Once we were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt. But the Lord our God brought us out from there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm . . . to bring us in and give us the […]