Protest called to raise the pressure on the Egyptian authorities to expel Israel’s ambassador to Cairo following the death last week of five soldiers along the border in Sinai.
Ahram Online, Wednesday 24 Aug 2011
A number of political activists have called for a million man protest outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo next Friday. The call came out on Tuesday, setting the aim of the protest will be to demand the expelling of the Israeli ambassador in Cairo and the withdrawal of the Egyptian ambassador in Tel Aviv.
This comes amid declining numbers at the protest and sit-in outside the Israeli embassy in Giza.
Egyptian activists have been holding a sit-in in front of the embassy in Giza for five days in a row.
Another sit-in outside the residence of the Israeli ambassador in the Maadi suburb of Cairo continues amid calls for escalating pressure on the diplomat to leave the country.
The Israeli killing of five Egyptian soldiers in Sinai last week has spurred thousands to protest against the presence of Israeli diplomatic missions in Egypt.
Hi Jean,
Thanks for taking the trouble to reply to me.
It is obvious that you feel passionately about your subjects and I can only get the essence of your beliefs from your response. I have no basis upon which to challenge any of your assertions – and why would I want to?
The extent to which they impact my life is minimal – since I have no money in the real sense.
I have to say that my interests extend in other directions – trying in my own small way to contribute to the future security of the Jewish people in their homeland – MY homeland!
I guess we will just have to continue to agree to disagree on definitions of truth and peace – but I hope you will continue to be happy with your life philosophy and continue to live in peace and tranquility!
Best wishes from
Andyboy – Telling it as it is! (Well – how I think it is anyway!)
Andy, I think we agree on an awful lot! You care and want to help, and so do I!. Actually, if you were to read carefully, you would see that I care for your country, too. I think they have been manipulated just like the people in my country have been manipulated. It has gone on for centuries, but the truth is now beginning to show up. In essence, I think we are both looking for the truth, and as long as we keep open minds, I believe we will find it. Hugs and my best to you in your own efforts! ~Jean PS Sorry I’m late getting back to you on this, but hopefully it’s better late than never. . .
Hi Jean,
Sorry but I only now got to your comment – I’m still learning my way around the blogosphere!
You raise an interesting point – so lets talk about truth. I guess that to you, truth is absolute. That’s the generally held convention. In reality -and certainly in today’s media driven society- truth is far from absolute.
All truth is relative – according to the narrative, and to the language used. Let’s take ,for example, the word “terrorist”. Putting to one side the oft repeated “one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter” just examine how many synonyms there are for the word “terrorist”. A thesaurus I checked listed over twenty alternatives.
It makes a real difference to one’s reaction to a news report if the action was carried out by
a “terrorist” or a “thug” or a “criminal” or a “bomber”etc.etc. Or, on the other hand if – in the sanitised language so favoured by Haaretz_ it was an “operative”or an “activist”or- if they’re really pushed to the corner- a “militant”.
Saying “killed” or “died”instead of “murdered”. Saying “Israeli settlers” instead of “a family of 5, including children and a baby” changes the received perception instantly.
Yes the Egyptian soldiers were victims of the “fog of war”- and Israel has apologised. An Israeli soldier was shot by friendly fire in the same fog.
But the incident cannot be reported in a vacuum – ignoring the events that led to this unfortunate incident. (By the way, I think it is still not clear if any Egyptians WERE actually involved in the prior attacks).
I hope that in my blog it is possible to separate truth from comment. But, mainly I AM commenting on news stories as reported – and who knows the validity of their sources!
I know that I do not conform to the politically correct line on most subjects – and hardly ever to the left wing line.
And it may well be that my truth is not your truth – since I think it justifies repeating – truth is relative.
You,I understand, are a spiritual person. I am a totally non-spiritual atheist.
Which of us knows the truth?
Best wishes anyway.
P.S I doubt that your concept of peace and mine are even, remotely similar!
Andy, it seems to me you have decided what your truth is. You have stated it clearly and shown me that you have done your research well. I have no argument with you in the sense that I have no desire to persuade you from your own truth. If you were to enlarge, change it, modify, etc., it would be your choice. My sense is that if truth is relative, which is your opinion to which you are entitled, then we can each believe what we choose about truth. You have also stated that my truth is very likely different, and I agree that it is. My truth does not come from book definitions that are outside myself, and I do not require books to define it.
Permit me to suggest that the fact that most of the world seems to see truth as relative does not necessarily make it so. In fact, I believe it makes a mockery of the word truth. From my observations, I see that people often will seek to bend the ‘truth’ to whatever suits them at the moment. To me, this is not truth! Truth is not easily found, and no one person can have the entire answer, but to me that does not mean then that there is no absolute truth. I believe what is required to find the truth is that we all, in effect, put a hand on the elephant and share our truth of that elephant with one another in order to get closer to the ‘real’ truth. I believe we are a species designed to do that, but outside forces have impinged on us for thousands of years and created separation, anger, fear among us so that very specifically we would NOT find the ‘real’ truth. In this way, they have hoped to control us and through us, the entire planet. I think the Jews particularly have been used in this fashion – as well as Americans. Our governments largely have been taken over and no longer do the people’s will.
Behind the scenes there are about 13 wealthy banking ‘families’ who stay out of the light who are running things. At the top of these is the Rothschilds banking family, based in London. They, I believe, contrived to create Israel, because long ago they could see that control of the Middle East would be essential to controlling the planet. (By the way, as I understand it, the Rothschilds are not bloodline Jews, but are Ashkenazy Jews, whose ancient ruler became a Jew and insisted his people do so, as well.) Bibi Netanyahu has sold his soul to these people, as has Ben Bernanke and most of our politicians, both Democrat and Republican. I sense many of these people have no idea who is really running the show, but have bought into the greed, etc., that we all see. This family, I believe – or at least all the years of research I have put in tell me – that they are the ones behind the corporate takeover of much of our world, a takeover I firmly believe that will not happen.
The three important centers are 1) the corrupt Vatican, which has controlled religions and kept us in fear, 2) The City of London, which controls the wealth, and 3) Washington, DC, which controls the military. You may already be aware that these three places on the planet are totally independent from anything else. They are not a part of any country at all, and my research tells me they are deeply connected. If you are not aware of this, as most people are not, in may come as a shock to you. If the idea appeals to you, I invite you to do your own research on this huge subject. Years of research cannot be stuffed into a response like this, so if you have any interest in learning the ‘real’ truth, perhaps you will work your way through my blog, which I believe is a good starting place; it is filled with references. The choice is yours.
The fact is, though, that I believe the ‘real’ truth will soon come out as the Federal Reserve collapses. It is a totally illegal banking system based on usury, and its very sick purpose is to keep us in debt. I have been waiting a very long time for this to happen. My husband was waiting for it back in the late 80s, but he did not live to see it happen. I believe the entire banking system all over the planet is corrupt and is also collapsing. It is collapsing now simply because it is the time for it to collapse. If you have not heard of it, we are at the end of a 26,000 year cycle called The Precession of the Equinoxes, and at that time our planet travels through an intense amount of high vibrational energy, which we associate with the higher emotional states like compassion, love, kindness, caring. People, as we can well see, in the MIddle East have had enough of ‘control’ and patriarchy and are throwing it off. It is happening, if you will, simply because we, like the earth, are vibrating at a much higher level – even though most people aren’t aware of the fact this that is changing their behavior.
The indigenous people understand what is going on, and strangely their way of addressing the creator is in perfect line with quantum theory. Our history as a species is very different, I believe, than the one we have been told. We have been living in a false matrix, but that is coming to an end.
One last thing, I believe that something very good will come out of all of this. You should not be afraid: to make room for the new, the old must go. I believe there is a gold and precious metals-based financial system waiting in the wings, and many more good things as well.
Now, I’m happy to correspond with you a bit if you have further interest. If not, I have enjoyed the brief time I have spent considering your ideas and then sharing some of mine.
Peace and Blessings to you,
~Jean
The wording of the last paragraph of you article is unfortunate to say the least. 3 Egyptian soldiers or policemen ( not clear which) were accidentally shot by Israeli soldiers who were pursuing the terrorists who had just murdered 6 Israeli civilians and injured another 30 civilians and soldiers on leave, Israel has already apologised for the incident which was caused by the fact that the terrorists were wearing Egyptian army uniforms. I think it important to correct the inference that Israel suddenly decided to shoot some Egyptians for no reason.
Best regards
Andyboy
Andyboy, I’m not sure what you mean. You may certainly call attention to this – as you see it. I, however, have no freedom to change the words of someone else, but I’m sure you understand this. Thanks for calling our attention to it so that we may make up our own minds. Peace, ~Jean
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Andyboy, I have visited your site, and I see that what you are expressing is clearly your truth about this situation. I’m not saying whether I disagree/disagree with it. What I will say is that this is your opinion, and I want all my readers to understand that fact – as I see it. After the facts are clearly presented, it is then up to each of us to make up our own minds. Andyboy, that is our right, just as it is your right. It is even, I believe, our responsibility. Peace and blessings, ~Jean