Sharp decline in turnout for Muslim Brotherhood protests in Egypt

Asharq al-Awsat reports a sharp decline in turnout for Muslim Brotherhood protests in Egypt (Hat Tip: IMRA).

The Muslim Brotherhood’s attempts to organize protests to demand the
reinstatement of ousted president Mohamed Mursi on Friday ended quietly
as the total number of protesters declined markedly from previous weeks.


The small turnout prompted speculations over a drop in the group’s

Last Jews in Egypt happy with army takeover

My grandmother a"h (peace be upon her) was in Israel in 1980 while I was studying in yeshiva. In the post-Camp David euphoria, she suggested that we visit Egypt together during my Pesach vacation. And so, we did. We flew Tel Aviv to Cairo on El Al, spent three days staying in the Sheharezade Hotel along the banks of the Nile (right near the 6th of October bridge you've all seen in the news and

What's realistic and desirable in Egypt?

In the Wall Street Journal, Bret Stephens has it right.

Releasing deposed President Mohammed Morsi and other detained
Brotherhood leaders may be realistic, but it is not desirable—unless you
think Aleksandr Kerensky was smart to release the imprisoned Bolsheviks
after their abortive July 1917 uprising.

Restoring the dictatorship-in-the-making that was Mr. Morsi's elected
government is

Israel pushing United States to back Egyptian army?

In an earlier post, I reported that 'out friends the Saudis' were pushing the United States to continue to support the Egyptian army and that Israel was trying to stay out of the picture. Now, the New York Times reports that Israel is getting into the picture, and may begin openly pressing the United States to support the Egyptian army.

With the European Union planning an urgent review of its

Where is Israel's Tamarod?

Interesting comment from Dan Friedman in New York City.

There is something to be said for the anger and courage of the Egyptian
people. Even though their motivations, and their goals, may not be our own,
still, they are willing to give it their all. So where is Israel's Tamarod ("Rebel") movement? Where is Israel’s
appreciation that it has everything to lose if they stay on the current

Al-Jazeera Commentator, Former MB Official, Gamal Nassar: Al-Sisi Is Jewish, Implementing Protocols of Elders of Zion in Egypt

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, de facto head of state of Egypt is... Jewish?

Let's go to the videotape.

Europe tries to outdo Obama, 'urgently reviewing' relationship with Egypt

The Europeans are determined to outdo US President Hussein Obama. Europe, which sent foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to visit Mohammed Morsy in his jail cell, announced on Sunday that they will be 'urgently reviewing' their relationship with Egypt over the coming days.

In a statement, the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy
and the President of the European Commission

Report: Morsy didn't really win the elections

How reliable is Yossi Beilin as a source? Beilin, a far-Left Israeli former politician claims that deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsy and his Muslim Brotherhood party didn't really win the June 2012 elections, but that the army feared the consequences of announcing what truly happened.


According
to my source, who asked to remain anonymous, Ahmed Shafik, the former
air force

Must read: Crush the Muslim Brotherhood

Daniel Greenfield writes that the Egyptian army should not be stopped from destroying the Muslim Brotherhood.

In the streets of Egyptian cities, Muslim Brotherhood activists
achieved their highest hope. They died in their Jihad against the
liberal opposition and the military, fighting against human rights for
women and Christians, against multi-party rule, freedom of speech,
museums,

With Egypt turning to Russia, Western diplomats accuse Israel of 'undercutting' Obama

Violence continued in Egypt on Saturday, as the Egyptian army attempted to shut down the Muslim Brotherhood. The Egyptians are so frustrated with the Obama administration that they are sending a diplomatic mission to Moscow, possibly signalling the undoing of a 35-year alliance (Hat Tip: Weasel Zippers).

As the situation in Egypt escalates, a source with very close ties
to the Egyptian

Egyptians support army crackdown

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone.

Even the New York Times admits that most Egyptians support their army's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.

“It was necessary,” Akmal William, standing in his auto-detailing shop
on Talaat Harb Street, said of the raid by soldiers and police officers.
“They had to be strict.”

Witnesses described a disproportionate, ruthless attack. Condemnations
came

What America's interest in Egypt ought to be

Stanley Kurtz urges the United States to give up its pipe dreams of democracy and to look out for its own interests in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East.

No peace without including the Muslim Brotherhood, which represents
so much of Egypt? Quite right. No peace. What this argument fails to
recognize is that the image of a national reconciliation that
encompasses all parties in Egypt —

Disturbing images from Egyptian riots

Once again, there are pitched battles between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and Mohammed Morsy, on the one hand, and the Egyptian army, on the other hand. These images are from today (Friday).

Here's an image of a Morsy supporter carrying a gun in the middle of a demonstration in downtown Cairo.


And here are two images of Egyptians jumping off bridges in Cairo (and there's nothing

Obama golfs, Egypt burns

Hat Tip for the image to Now the End Begins via Jack W.

Jennifer Rubin sums up Egypt's civil war President Obama's monthly vacation.

Obama was briefed, said nothing and went back to golf. Secretary of
State John Kerry took a break from his fruitless obsession with the
nonexistent “peace process” to condemn the violence, but took no
questions and had no policy announcement. This, in a

Video: Egyptian protesters push full armored police van off 50 foot high bridge

Egyptian protesters pushed an armored police van full of officers off the 6th of October Bridge in Cairo on Wednesday, as scores of people were killed in riots touched off by police raids on tent camps set up by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood.



There's a series of images of the van, and of the police officers inside it lying wounded under the bridge, here. Jerusalem-based cameraman Mick

(Israeli?) drone strike kills 4 jihadis in Sinai

A drone strike against jihadis who were about to launch rockets at southern Israel from northern Sinai on Friday may, or may not, have been carried out by Israel.

Egyptian security officials alleged that an Israeli drone strike
today killed five jihadists near Rafah. "The officials say the attack
was in cooperation with Egyptian authorities," the Associated Press reported. The jihadists

Egyptian defense chief: Hagel calls every day, but we never hear from Obama; anti-Obama belly dancer video goes viral

An anti-Obama YouTube video made by an Egyptian belly dancer has gone viral with well over 100,000 hits in the last four days. Meanwhile, Egypt's defense chief complains that while he gets regular calls from US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, he has yet to get a single call from President Obama.

Leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is at the vanguard of the
street protests against

Egypt tells Erdogan to stay home

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan surely misses his old buddy and pal, ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsy. I, on the other hand, am taking a liking to Egypt's new military rulers. On Sunday, the Egyptian army told Erdogan to stay home. They're not going to let him in for a provocative visit to Gaza either.

Egyptian media is reporting on Sunday that Turkish Prime Minister
Recep

US now siding with Egyptian army?

Has there been a change of heart in Washington toward the Egyptian army-led regime of Abdel Fateh el-Sisi? Two indications that the answer to that question is 'yes.'

First, in Washington on Thursday, 86 US Senators beat back an attempt by Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky) to cut off aid to Egypt and use the money for America's roads and bridges.

The
amendment, which 86 senators voted against, was an

Poll: 71% of Egyptians don't want the Muslim Brotherhood back

71% of Egyptians have told pollsters that they don't want to see Mohammed Morsy or the Muslim Brotherhood back.

The Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research-Baseera survey found that 71 percent of Egyptians
opposed the Brotherhood's protests. A year of Morsi and the
Brotherhood's rigid policies and inflexibility that failed to address Egypt's economic crisis has left many Egyptians