“Why Do Israel’s Bidding?”: Egyptian Human Rights Advocate Blasts Egypt's Policy at Rafah Crossing

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Israel’s seizure of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt has sparked anger from the Egyptian government, which has warned that Israel is endangering the landmark 1978 Camp David Accords that normalized relations between the two countries. Despite the increasingly critical tone about Israel’s war on Gaza, however, Egyptian authorities have closely coordinated with Israel in decisions around allowing humanitarian aid in through the Rafah crossing and allowing Palestinians out of Gaza. Egyptian security forces have also locked up over 120 people in Egypt, placing them in pretrial detention on terrorism charges for expressing solidarity with Palestine. “There is a fear within the system that allowing people to voice support and solidarity with Palestinians’ opposition to Israel will extend not just to criticism of the Egyptians’ official position vis-à-vis the war … but also extend to the domestic situation, the human rights situation, the unprecedented economic crisis the country is going through,” says Egyptian journalist and human rights advocate Hossam Bahgat. He is executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and was banned from traveling outside of Egypt for the past eight years, with his assets frozen, as part of an Egyptian government crackdown on human rights NGOs. In March, Egyptian authorities finally closed the case against EIPR and other human rights groups and lifted the travel ban, allowing Bahgat to join us now in our New York studio.
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[@MagdiNonDuality]

Unfortunately, Egypt is an autocratic state and the president is mostly self-serving

[@Alex-ed8vj]

He is not "self" serving. He serves the CIA that brought him to power.

[@Roscoepcoltrane-ry4fr]

false

[@manushlind9974]

​@@Roscoepcoltrane-ry4frEverybodi knows that some arab states are humbles pets of the anglo-zionism .The reason ? For moooneyyyy !

[@MagdiNonDuality]

@@Roscoepcoltrane-ry4fr Can you say some more?

[@Iknowknow112]

Which is why the USA supports it.

[@bebikhan8412]

Shame on the Arab leaders 😞

[@SusanKoech-ip1jk]

Sometimes I feel you are unfair attacking all arab leaders. Do you really believe that a leader of a country will just rush into a war started deliberately by a group of brutal terrorists just because they share a religion? No of course. Saudi Arabia was fighting houthies recently and I did not see any country joining ( except proxy Iran feeding Houthies with bombs and misiles). Furthermore El sisi too has alot of internal wars with Islamic extremists like muslim brotherhood and other terrorist hotheads.

[@mnscd1657]

he is not egyptian he is a spy / egypt polices are succefull / palestinian rafah corssing is outside phildifya corridor / israel uanted egypt to enter aids from rafah after thier siezure but egypt refused cuz that means make palestinian rafah crossing siezure legit and said no aids ill enter from rafah until the crossing is controled by palestinians / same times egypt pressures caused israel to open karem shalom after doing many hard diplomacy ith usa and israel

[@W0olf938]

​@SusanKoech-ip1jk Israel are the brutal terrorists committing genocide, but Arab government's are not keen to go up against US weaponry. Political & trade expediency comes first.

[@matthew3_9]

@@SusanKoech-ip1jk now that I realized the extent to which my government culture and media have lied to me my entire life about what was really happening in the Middle East I am certainly willing to consider that perspective. But images from Gaza and the condemnation of the global community have shown us without a doubt that it is the Israelis who are the brutal terrorists. Hamas and the houthis are also terrorists who have committed war crimes, and I don't support them at all. Remember, like almost all Americans, I too have been cultivating a media fed islamophobia for decades. I'm still islamophobic (although I hope you can see I'm really starting to question those beliefs). But ask yourself this, if admitted islamophobes such as myself have come to demand an end to a genocide against a people we have been taught to hate and dehumanize our entire lives, is there any chance at all we could ever go back to supporting the brutal Zionist oppression of Palestinian people? No my friend, The genie is out of the bottle and none of us can unsee what we've now seen, everyday more and more people are waking up to the irreversible understanding of the evil we've been supporting our entire lives.

[@TesloGuy]

You're really calling a resistance terrorist huh?​@@SusanKoech-ip1jk

[@Arahansannihilation]

Why we never hear from the Saudis. Are they too busy boozing these days?

[@jjboys215]

The U.S. Dollar is why you don't hear from The Saudis... They also don't give a sh!t about The Palastinians and want Yemen and Hezbollah put in check, so they're pretty happy with what's going on.

[@Alex-ed8vj]

They are owned by the CIA and Mosad. They served the aforementioned by doing the 9/11.

[@jaybee9269]

They call the bridge to Bahrain the Johnny Walker connection!

[@believer977]

Saudis are not halal Muslims.

[@CD-ev2vy]

What fools

[@Davpenn1959]

truth is stronger than lies

[@TD1237]

Exactly. People can see what lsraheII is, and the countries which support them.

[@mikethe3]

The ICC needs to issue an arrest warrant for Al Sisi for mass killings and unpresented human rights violation.

[@DustinRacy20]

What power does icc have to do so ? Icc is a u.n court quarter of the earth away

[@user-pk7hk3vb4s]

Why not one issued for Putin, Xi, Ali Khamenei, Kim Jong Un?

[@DustinRacy20]

@@user-pk7hk3vb4s bc they know iss is a made up powerless system

[@asd94623]

​@@user-pk7hk3vb4s Putin has already an arrest warrant from the ICC

[@myname2938]

And for biden who support Israel with all weapons they need and other western leaders who did the same thing.

[@Davpenn1959]

we the people want our lives back

[@AC-re9ee]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@arbim558]

@@AC-re9eelol😂

[@TD1237]

I wish you freedom. 🙏

[@annazfker2028]

... WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS: TAKE A CLOSER LOOK INTO YOUR GOVERMENT. YOU ARE UNDER CONTROL.

[@joegibsonzulu2599]

Not very surprising. What do you expect from a brutal military dictatorship?

[@0MVR_0]

might as well be describing the United States

[@SOPHISTICATED_VIBES]

Almost 120 millions of population being controlled and repressed by a handful of corporations and individuals is insane!

[@357blackhawk]

What do you call Hamas and Islamic Jihad? They aren't a civilized government with free elections. The last time Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon let them in, the "Palestinians" tried to overthrow the governments and carried out a genocide of Jews and the Christian majority in Lebanon. Look up "Black September" It would be irresponsible for any country to do anything for these psychopaths.

[@OldboyMoy]

Yes. Anyone who opposes even the slightest is thrown into prison for years

[@willieoakley2336]

Hamas is evil ​@@0MVR_0

[@greggbisgrove7499]

Egypt should wake up to the fact that there neighbor will find a excuses to expand into there territory.

[@joan-mariacbrooks]

Netanyahu's new map includes quite a few Arab countries including some Egyptian land. They ALL need to wake up if they signed any kind of treaty with Israel.

[@TesloGuy]

We cant do nothing under a dictator.

[@user-yz2pp9uu8f]

The abuse will ramp up for sure. Egypt is so weak.

[@user-yz2pp9uu8f]

Egypt is holding on the capitulation treaty because they are worried Israel will be free from its obligations take over Sinai and push Gazans out to the Sinai. Then force Egypt into taking Sinai back with ALL the Gazans in it. This is the Israeli game plan all along.

[@TD1237]

​@@joan-mariacbrooksThis applies to non-Arab countries too. lgnoring lmperiaIism occurring *anywhere* in the world is extremely dangeros. If we turn a blind-eye to it, it will spread. This is why many African countries are aganst the gnoclde. They understand what happens when one country is coIonised, or a people wiiped off the map. The westerners will do the same to others. We all need to stand tall in the face of the coIoniaIs.

[@sylvias1966]

How brave to demonstrate in such a totalitarian country

[@357blackhawk]

You wave a Pan-Arab flag and wonder about totalitarian countries, like the fictional Palestine.

[@annabos100]

I was thinking the same thing! Inspiring that these young people are willing to do that.

[@facehugger3]

Those Persian women certainly are !

[@nunyabusiness9013]

How exactly are the protesters in Egypt being treated differently from those in America?

[@sylvias1966]

@@nunyabusiness9013 I think it is much worse to be in jail in Egypt and much more dangerous. But maybe I am wrong

[@cheryllines4106]

EGYPT IS EITHER BEING BLACKMAILED OR BRIBED EITHER WAY SHAME ON THEIR LEADERSHIP🥵TRAITORS TO HUMANITY!

[@jamiah_alias1651]

Bribed...

[@mus3504]

How about Egypt is too scared to face Israel? so if Isreal ask Egypt to jump , Egypt would respond: how high?

[@cheryllines4106]

@@mus3504 Think it's the US their scared of & every reason to be while Congress is Possessed by The Demon State

[@cheryllines4106]

@@mus3504 US & THE EVIL CABAL IN CONGRESS MORE ACCURATE

[@cheryllines4106]

@@mus3504 my replies keep being deleted 😞 censorship insane!

[@kmabroukful]

I hope you are safe and from an Egyptian friend here, I’m so proud of what you did and what you are trying to do❤❤❤❤❤

[@antilove84]

Mr bhagat is funded by the Americans, just as Israel....

[@RobinHerzig]

What I don't get is, Egypt joined the South Africa case at the ICJ, but allows the IOF to control the Rafah crossing stopping thousands of AID trucks 🚚🚚🚚

[@CD-ev2vy]

Jewgypt

[@grafzeppelin4069]

Egypt is an Israeli puppet state.

[@TD1237]

It's so slckening of them to play both sides.

[@monnajoyan463]

Hypocrisy Egypt is only subservient to IOF !

[@ilanafitzgerald9000]

It isn't a case of Egypt 'allowing' - they can't prevent the IDF from 'controlling' & refusing entry on the Gaza side of the crossing! Bit like saying you can't understand why Mexico 'allows' the U.S. to control entry through their border into the U.S. Demonstrates the truth that Gaza has remained under Israeli occupation (though Israeli residents left in 2005) since they continue to control every person & thing that enters Gaza through every border crossing.

[@habeeb-ly3rw]

Thanks for reporting

[@mh8826]

Egypt gave up its soul when I signed the agreement and became subservient rather than using the peace treaty to make a positive impact on the situation

[@jaybee9269]

Maybe they just wanted the Sinai back? They were too smart to take the Gaza Strip back, though!

[@annabos100]

Their government and their leader are truly heartIess. It's sad to watch...

[@Penguin8.8]

Well said. They should be ashamd but I know they're not.

[@sahareways1543]

Yes I agree Egypt lost its influential political role as a leader in the Arab and Islam sic world .for being servant for isr*ael and US

[@ronalddippenaar2381]

If South Africa could stand up for the Arabs and humanity, why couldn't Egypt?

[@douglasbuck8986]

“Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote.” ― Marvin Simkin

[@dpeasehead]

@douglasbucks8986: While it is the classic example of the type, the US is not the only country in which the tyranny of the majority has been defined as being "democracy" and representative government.

[@larrytoddstevenson10]

both wolf and lamb glorify larri .lD with the \/v .n u lif meaning Larry with I IIII on His Life/body. All animals glorify Lord God no tricks no voices in your head or invisable loud speakers

[@ronstephen-wy4ib]

I wonder how many genocide supporters realise that they are fomenting hatred against Jewish people by posting their ignorant comments? Or is that done with purpose?

[@YellowSpaceMarine]

As long as the Egyptian army gets their cash transfers from the American taxpeyers they'll do anyhing Netanyahu asks.

[@iw12]

Israel wanted the Egyptians to help by giving the Palestinians temporarily shelter in Sinai Egypt to protect women and children from the warzone , instead Egypt built recently heavy walls on the Gaza border.

[@TD1237]

​@@iw12Neither the seIfish Egyptian gov nor the deemonic lsraeIi gov care about the lives of the PaIestinians.

[@AGumede]

This is the sad truth.

[@maryamahmed1401]

As an Egyptian, I totally agree with ur statement.

[@kashifrizwan8954]

Shame on Egyptian government.

[@HabibFromTelAviv]

Cry more

[@TD1237]

I agree. They should not support this gnoclde.

[@sparklemotion8377]

Shame on all Muslims

[@kashifrizwan8954]

@@sparklemotion8377 can't agree more

[@gerryheddema2555]

I had no idea that Egyptian people were protesting in favour of Palestinians, or that they were being arrested for it. It's another layer to the current War story. I am not hearing these stories in the 'mainstream' media. I really appreciate your coverage.

[@OldboyMoy]

Yes. I’m from Egypt and we all support Palestine. Sisi is a disgusting dictator ruling with iron fist and anyone who speaks for Palestine or protests is thrown in jail without trial or due process. I hope another revolution will come soon to take him out. But he got lucky with Gaza war. Just as people were starting to rise, the world started to need him and bailed him out

[@theresahana7210]

They are a handful hated by most Egyptians

[@OutSideTheBoxFormat]

A tiny fraction isn't newsworthy. They must be young and not know about all the mayhem Palestinians bring.

[@theresahana7210]

@@HabibFromTelAviv especially Hamas most don’t know the harm they caused Egypt during the so called Arab spring

[@TD1237]

The ordinary people would, yes. But their government is eviI and still associates with lsraheII. The Middle East used to be much more just in the past. Now many are allies of the west.

[@helengabr5743]

Thank you Amy ❤️

[@ravenc4912]

Why do Hamas bidding?

[@sairport9174]

No democracy in the world of freedoms 😂Gaza exposed it 😂

[@DodZz666]

I ll say it for you, Sissi is complicit in the genocide

[@user-jf8hs5fm7n]

What genocide 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TD1237]

Correct. He is allowing it to happen and also supporting it.

[@AGumede]

Absolutely. And so are many other of these leaders in the region.

[@JiyaRizvi]

Except Lebanon, Yemen and Iran.

[@MomoBar91]

Thank you Mr. Bahgat for standing up for humanity not only in your own country. I hope you can see in your liefetime a more just and democratic Egypt. The world needs people like you, it actually needs more people like you.

[@hillaryeloisecoombs-connel7762]

Thanks. Human rights should always be the backbone of humanity

[@user-fh8xw5gf3z]

Why any normal people put up with all these rich men running governments i have no idea smh.

[@kmabroukful]

Anyone who tried is locked in prison, and the remaining are held back out of fear or corruption! The only way in living as a free citizen in Egypt is out of it! But you are right, Egyptians are ashamed of their leadership since they took over powet

[@fahmyayoob5775]

Sisi is sitting cozg in NOTYAYOO'S pocket......he's been bought.

[@muddin4950]

Highest moral ethical values in these students compare to the older money and power hungry people.

[@ernestoxavier5426]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into over 500 languages. The UDHR is widely recognized as having inspired, and paved the way for, the adoption of more than seventy human rights treaties, applied today on a permanent basis at global and regional levels (all containing references to it in their preambles).

[@OutSideTheBoxFormat]

The UN needs to be kicked out of NYC.

[@rosem5041]

God gave divine rights to all of his creation. Please read the holy Quran

[@johnbarry3275]

THE MESSAGE FOR AMERICA September, 1984 Dimitru Duduman Late one night, I could not sleep, The children were sleeping on the luggage. My wife and daughter were crying, I went outside and walked around. I didn't want them to see me cry. I walked around the building, crying and saying, "God! Why did you punish me? Why did you bring me into this country? I can't understand anybody. If I try to ask anybody anything, all I hear is, "I don't know." I stopped in front of the apartment and sat on a large rock. Suddenly a bright light came toward me. I jumped to my feet because it looked as if a car was coming directly at me, attempting to run me down! I thought the Romanian Secret Police had tracked me to America, and now they were trying to kill me. But it wasn't a car at all. As the light approached, it surrounded me. From the light I heard the same voice that I had heard so many times in prison. He said "Dumitru, why are you so despaired?" I said, "Why did you punish me? Why did you bring me to this country? I have nowhere to lay my head down. I can't understand anybody." He said, "Dumitru, didn't I tell you I am here with you, also? I brought you to this country because this country will burn." I said, 'then why did you bring me here to burn? Why didn't you let me die in my own country? You should have let me die in jail in Romania! He said, "Dumitru, have patience so I can tell you. Get on this." I got on something next to him. I don't know what it was. I also know that I was not asleep. It was not a dream. It was not a vision. I was awake just as I am now. He showed me all of California and said, "This is Sodom and Gomorrah! All of this, in one day it will burn! It's sin has reached the Holy One." Then he took me to Las Vegas. "This is Sodom and Gomorrah. In one day it will burn." Then he showed me the state of New York. "Do you know what this is?" he asked. I said, "No." He said "This is New York. This is Sodom and Gomorrah! In one day it will burn." Then he showed me all of Florida, "This is Florida." he said. "This is Sodom and Gomorrah! In one day it will burn." Then he took me back home to the rock where we had begun. "IN ONE DAY IT WILL BURN! All of this I have shown you" - I said, "How will it burn?" He said, "Remember what I am telling you, because you will go on television, on the radio and in churches. You must yell with a loud voice. Do not be afraid, because I will be with you." I said, "How will I be able to go? Who knows me here in America? I don't know anybody here." He said, "Don't worry yourself. I will go before you. I will do a lot of healing in the American churches and I will open the doors for you. But do not say anything else besides what I tell you. This country will burn!" I said, "What will you do with the church?" He said, "I want to save the church, but the churches have forsaken me." I said, "How did they forsake you?" He said, "The people praise themselves. The honor that the people are supposed to give Jesus Christ, they take upon themselves. In the churches there are divorces. There is adultery in the churches. There are homosexuals in the churches. There is abortion in the churches and all other sins that are possible. Because of all the sin, I have left some of the churches. You must yell in a loud voice that they must put an end to their sinning. They must turn toward the Lord. The Lord never gets tired of forgiving. They must draw close to the Lord, and live a clean life. If they have sinned until now, they must put an end to it, and start a new life as the Bible tells them to live." I said, "How will America burn?" America is the most powerful country in this world. Why did you bring us here to burn? Why didn't you at least let us die where ALL the Dudumans have died?" He said, "Remember this, Dumitru. The Russian spies have discovered where the nuclear warehouses are in America. When the Americans will think that it is peace and safety - from the middle of the country, some of the people will start fighting against the government. The government will be busy with internal problems. Then from the ocean, from Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico,,.." (He told me two other countries, but I didn't remember what they were.) "...they will bomb the nuclear warehouses. When they explode, America will burn!" "What will you do with the Church of the Lord? How will you save the ones that will turn toward you?" I asked. He said, "Tell them this: how I saved the three young ones from the furnace of fire, and how I saved Daniel in the lions den, is the same way I will save them." The angel of the Lord also told me, "I have blessed this country because of the Jewish people who are in this country. I have seven million Jews in this country, but they do not want to recognize the Lord. They didn't want to thank God for the blessing they received in this country. Israel doesn't want to recognize Jesus Christ. They put their faith in the Jewish people in America. But, when America burns, the Lord will raise China, Japan, and other nations to go against the Russians. They will beat the Russians and push them all the way to the gates of Paris. Over there they will make a treaty, and appoint the Russians as their leaders. They will then unite against Israel. When Israel realizes she does not have the strength of America behind her, she will be frightened. That's when she will turn to the Messiah for deliverance. That's when the Messiah will come. Then, the church will meet Jesus in the air, and he will bring them back with Him to the Mount of Olives. At that time, the battle of Armageddon will be fought." When I heard all of this I said, "if you are truly the angel of the Lord, and everything you have told me is true, then all you have said must be written in the Bible." He said, "Tell everyone to read from Jeremiah 51:8-15, Revelation chapter 18, and Zechariah chapter 14, where Christ fights against those who possess the earth. After His victory," the angel said, "there will be one flock and one Shepherd. There will be no need for light. The Lamb of God will be the Light. There will be no sickness, no tears, and no deaths. There will only be eternal joy and God will be the ruler. There will be only one language. Only one song. And no need for a translator! ... And, Dumitru," he continued, "a word of warning. If you keep anything from the American people that you are told, I will punish you severely." "How will I know that this is for real -that it will really happen?" I asked. "As a sign that I have spoken to you, tomorrow before you wake, I will send someone to bring you a bed, and at noon I will send you a car and a bucket of honey. After which I will send someone to pay your rent." The next day someone brought Dumitru a bed, and at noon a car arrived with the bucket of honey. His rent was also paid, as God had promised him. (See chapter 10, "THROUGH THE FIRE WITHOUT BURNING.") Then the angel left. Excepted from: Dreams and Visions From God

[@lameetcalice3845]

God Condones Child Rape No.s 31: 17-18 God Condones Rape Deut. 22: 28-29 God Condones Abortion No.s 5: 11-31 Unquestioning Obedience to Government Rom.s 13: 1-7 The highest Abrahamic value is Ignorance of Good and Evil. It's right there in Genesis. They worship Yaldabaoth, God of the Scapegoaters: God blames Man; Man blames Woman; Woman blames Serpent; Serpent blames God, more accurately - the Serpent defines God. Malum In Se/Malum Prohibitum Nothing moral requires authority. Authority is the claim to the exclusive exemption to morality. It is a monopoly on violence. Violence is a violation because it is the initiation of aggression, not self-defense. Offense/defense are ontologically distinct. All crime has a legal equivalent (ie, taxation is extortion). Every government is founded on Ad Baculum. Petitio Principii can and will be used against you. Warren v. District of Columbia Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales DeShaney v. Winnebago County Lozito v. New York City You are legally compelled via the logical fallacies Ad Populum, Ad Baculum and Ad Verecundiam to pay for protection that they are not legally obligated to provide. That's a mafia. Ritualistic classifying surgery as a means of psychic castration, like circumcision and sub-incision, are hallmarks of patriarchal culture, a demonstration to the young that the venerable old ones still wield the all-powerful knife - and the beginning of transsexualism. Those who do not perform the cult's rite can never enjoy full social status. Symbols of the castrated member, the tie and bow-tie, are mandatory accoutrements of the political wardrobe and phallic monuments are erected to commemorate the minds conquered long ago. Brute force is no longer necessary. The capitalist priest class of Psychiatry, working in tandem with the State bureaucracy, regulates and polices the new Restriction and gelding of desire. Psychiatrists, along with other legal arbiters, help to obscure justice with grey areas of intentionality, mental state, etc. Some mistake this as a system of Liberty, ignorant of the fact that Psychiatric Control is a cornerstone of the perfected Totalitarian State. All modern illnesses come from the absurd and tragic struggle of man's inability to bridle Nature. This dogma echoes perpetually, omnisciently by understanding voices in self-help books, billboards, radio commercials and television talk shows to convince the public to practice continual self-suppression and hormonal restraint. Any deviation is an indication of something severely wrong with the individual. Perhaps Lycanthropic Transformation Rites are in some way a Psychic Preparation for the millennial calamities that are thought to lie ahead. Legalism is a Language of Equivocations, a process of assimilation to violence and illogic. Etymology: government Gubernare: to control Mens/Mentis: mind culture Colere: to inhabit, to till Cult: collective mind -ure: process of civilize, etc. Civitas: city -ize: to do/to make like police, policy, politics, polite Polis: city authority Auctor: master, father, creator -ity: quality of religion Religare: to bind fast, to place an obligation on -ion: noun-forming suffix uniform Uni-: one Form: shape They lump themselves into a group. They want all the collective praise and none of the collective blame (No True Scotsman). If they were truly concerned for their reputation they wouldn’t wear a uniform. Badges are just snowflakes. "Everything is metamorphosed into its opposite to perpetuate itself in its expurgated form. All the powers, all the institutions speak of themselves through denial, in order to attempt, by simulating death, to escape their real death throes. [...] For example: it would be interesting to see whether the repressive apparatus would not react more violently to a simulated holdup than to a real holdup. Because the latter does nothing but disturb the order of things, the right to property, whereas the former attacks the reality principle itself." - Jean Baudrillard (Simulacra & Simulation - 1981) "Our rulers, who rule our symbols, and so rule a symbolic class of life, impose their own infantilism on our instituitions, educational methods, and doctrines. This leads to maladjustment of the incoming generations which, being born into, are forced to develop under the un-natural (for man) semantic conditions imposed on them. In turn, they produce leaders afflicted with the old animalistic limitations. The vicious circle is completed; it results in a general state of human un-sanity, reflected again in our instituitions. And so it goes, on and on." - Alfred Korzybski (Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics - 1933) "I am a cosmopolitan." - Diogenes "If I could not be Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes." - Alexander the Great "A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years." - Lysander Spooner (No Treason: Constitution of No Authority - 1867) "It is incredible how as soon as a people become subject, it promptly falls into such complete forgetfulness of its freedom that it can hardly be roused to the point of regaining it, obeying so easily and willingly that one is led to say that this people has not so much lost its liberty as won its enslavement." - Étienne de la Boétie (Discours de la servitude volontaire ou le Contr'un - 1577) "Leadership in government is political power, and political power is an official form of antagonizing the people. Politics are rules imposed upon the people. They have every man in a straight jacket and without a passport he cannot move a toe. In a free world, they violate the natural rights of every citizen. They have become the weapons of political despots and if you don't think as they think you're deprived of your passport." - Michael Chaplin as Rupert Macabee (A King in New York - 1957) "Imagine, if you will, a world filled only with criminals of whom there are two classes: those too honest to rationalize their crimes and the powerful who scapegoat them." - Rod Serling "Eye have no Moral Obligation to ask permission from the person to whom Eye Morally Object if Eye may exercise mEye Moral Objection." - Unknown

[@dantirk4560]

Romanians will say anything for a little attention.

[@johnbarry3275]

@@dantirk4560 I am 72, in 1984 we were still a Christian nation. Now we are a LGBTQ++++ Nation, on the verge of civil war & in WW3. Watch for the draft, that is your sign the war is close to going nuclear. Prayers

[@OutSideTheBoxFormat]

Someone was hallucinating. Might need therapy.

[@johnbarry3275]

@@OutSideTheBoxFormat In 1984 we were still a Christian Nation, now we are a LGBTQ++ Nation. On the verge of civil war & in WW3 . Watch for the draft , that is your sign the war is close to going nuclear. Prayers

[@helengabr5743]

This is another situation when the government keeps things quiet. Never knew Egypt was so afraid of dissent. 😢

[@makeit-takeit6707]

Really? You don't know about modern day Egypt? Wow!

[@JeffEbe-te2xs]

Egypt doesn’t want to turn into Syria

[@CD-ev2vy]

Remembering ,Tahir Square

[@CD-ev2vy]

Remembering ,Tahir Square

[@facehugger3]

You don't hear anything about Egypt because there are no jews to hate . Likewise the war in Yemen which has claimed 400,000 casualties.

[@tnn5729]

The people of the middle east need liberating from these tyrant criminal leaders ...😂😂😂

[@user-cq2kw8os8o]

Egyptian military dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi committed one of the deadliest atrocities of the 21st century, killing at least 817 civilians, a number of them women and children. No one has been punished for the massacre, and in the 24 months since it happened, Sisi has been embraced as an American ally and a folk hero among segments of the Republican Party. The story of the Rabaa massacre, as it quickly became known, begins about six weeks earlier, in July 2013. Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's first-ever democratically elected president and an Islamist affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, was under siege. His brief presidency had been a disaster, and much of the country was turning against him. On July 3, his own defense minister, a general named Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, arrested Morsi and suspended the constitution in a coup.

[@user-ys4ff8cr2w]

The ICC prosecutor should have added Sissi with his best friend Nyahoo.

[@DjoniMartino]

💯💯

[@OldboyMoy]

I’m from Egypt and I second this message

[@salmaelhamy9419]

ICC are jokers

[@OutSideTheBoxFormat]

Hilarious you think ICC or the UN carry any weight. The UN needs to be removed from the US. None of these broke countries contribute.

[@HabibFromTelAviv]

“REEEEEEEE everyone I dislike should get arrested by the ICC”

[@Eagel999]

Who pays the piper sets the tune. WHO IS PAYING YOU?

[@raquelfereres6396]

Egypt why don't you open the doors since you don't open the doors. Instead of speaking out why don't you let them in?

[@aes0p895]

you mean collaborate in ethnic cleansing?

[@l23918]

Shame on Egypt! Infuriating!

[@MK67934]

Shame your own country. What did your country do?????????????

[@OldboyMoy]

Please know it is the Egyptian disgusting dictator. The Egyptian people are all with Palestine. Sisi throws anyone who speaks to languish in prison. No trial nothing

[@HabibFromTelAviv]

Cry harder

[@Espen_Bos]

@MK67934 Any country which supports this is in the wr ong.

[@peacedove9513]

STUDENT SOLIDARITY ✊🏿✊🏻✊🏿✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿✊🏿✊🏻✊🏻

[@JeffEbe-te2xs]

River to sea All is ISRAELI 🇮🇱

[@TheMastersaldivar]

So cringe...so stupid. 😂

[@jimkluska253]

​@@TheMastersaldivarwhat's cringe??? What is stupid is allowing islamist to breath!!

[@grafzeppelin4069]

@@sarnxero2628 Israel is a terrorist state.

[@BrianM-44041]

Do your homework

[@shireenmukhtar1099]

Government of Egypt is also an impotent one ,joining South Africa in genocide case is eye wash for public consumption

[@andrewharvey3282]

For shame that a nation of over 100M people submits to the yoke, while the Yemenis prefer poverty with freedom. Egyptians have always been tools for power.

[@humid-rb7rt]

The world see I$r@£l for who they are and their brethren globally. You know who controls you by whom you cannot question.

[@samsunnahar9175]

Excellent show 👏

[@mehrdadyektaparast1368]

Two weeks ago I said wait for Egyptian students to protest knowing there is no way United States would allow Egyptian government permitting their students to protest. If Egypt protest then all Arab countries students will rise for Palestine 🇵🇸 and that’s a no no. You don’t want them to learn what protest is!!!

[@AgeofCraccadilliaassent]

And crypto zio Saudis have huge stake in the New York fed reserve branch

[@a.danladiyussif2076]

This is shame to Egyptian government

[@MK67934]

Shame on your government sugar. What did your country government do 😂 nothing

[@Espen_Bos]

This is true. How can they behave this way and side with whoever gives them money? It isn't right.

[@christinehoovler4841]

But the average Egyptian supports Palestine!

[@jaybee9269]

Does the “average Egyptian” want to take them in, being brother Muslims.

[@Carolinel673]

Why should any country take Palestine 🇵🇸 people when they have their own country. 🇮🇪🇵🇸

[@mmmaabozeid668]

@@jaybee9269when you take the israelians

[@baselehab4491]

I’m Egyptian and never met anyone in Egypt who likes Israel even the government they just can’t express their feelings because mama America will then call them dictators so the thing is sisi can subjugate Egyptians as much as he wants as long as he is letting Israel do the same with Palestinians without complaining American democracy is really funny 😂😂😂😂

[@JeffEbe-te2xs]

Long as not in Egypt

[@samanth366]

I’m here wondering if we will get more information about the conflict between Egyptian and Israeli army on Rafah border and killed Egyptian soldier two days after this interview.

[@HelenaWaking]

Egypt is the culprit not allowing aid into Gaza and blaming Israel. Egypt is responsible for starvation not Israel.

[@Jessicaro]

no it is actually israel. they closed the boarder

[@HelenaWaking]

@@Jessicaro Please do more search on reliable media sources to better inform yourself.

[@Jessicaro]

@@HelenaWaking oh i am informed and they literally are the once who are closing the border. so what are we talking about? they are also the once who hold up the trucks. i would suggest you take your own advise and stop watching the propaganda and actually do research

[@tyronewashington230]

@@Jessicaro The sky is not closed. The ocean is not closed. Why you bullying Egypt? I know team blue likes to bully, you're not with them are you? Sailing a ship to gaza too hard for team blue?

[@Jessicaro]

@@tyronewashington230 who is bullying egypt? go back and read my reply because it isn't against egypt at all

[@MrJiddukrishhesse]

Students solidarity Palestine 🇵🇸

[@JeffEbe-te2xs]

River to sea All is ISRAELI 🇮🇱

[@blessed-rf6qh]

You are discussing

[@Why_Dude_Why]

oh. you mean the cocaine dealing iranian pawns called hamas and hezbollah? check out DW.

[@ranfa7373]

​😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 White only support good luck ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ranfa7373]

​@@JeffEbe-te2xs, Gonna be a HOT summer in the States for some !

[@barryfinnerty3480]

Where is the spot light on Egypt from major media world governments they are a major player in this horror

[@workingtoseethelight8244]

Imagine a world in which a humans have a house, food, health care, education, free speech and the opportunity to pursue dreams financial or whatever. There is plenty of space and there is plenty of food and free internet for everyone already here, lets create a planet where everyone has access.

[@alfredbooth6854]

How on earth does Israel have such influence over a country like Egypt? Do they fund Egyptian politicians as they do in the US and UK?

[@user-pz4te3kh4i]

You think we funded the biden adm. and whatever tf is going in uk?😂😂

[@karimmunis8302]

They fear of losing billion of dollar from Ted cruze and a like

[@marianic7637]

Je suis convaincu que ça fait longtemps que Égypte veut se retirer de cet appui à Israël mais les US et Israël doivent avoir fait plein de pressions sur Sisi. Alors Bravo, pour ce volte-face . Mieux vos tard que jamais!

[@margueritekeenan8960]

Thank you for your truth which guides us.......xx🇸🇩🕯️🇸🇩

[@kimberlybradford8645]

What you do to the least of these ... God is watching

[@scrateshooter]

Numbers 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. Numbers 22:12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. Deuteronomy 30:7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

[@miladahmadamanzai8349]

The world is very strange American students support Palestine and Muslim governments act like Netanyahu

[@BeBoppin2000]

Muslim governments kill far more fellow Muslims than Israel but no protests? Why?

[@PDK7654]

Agree !

[@OneSixSun]

So In simple English Egypt was equally responsible for the bottlenecks in aid trucks and denying timely delivery of aid to starving Palestinian children? Got it.

[@leviashanken2506]

I didn't really get his answer, possibly cause he's afraid to say it that way, so thank you.

[@grafzeppelin4069]

Not "equally responsible" - Jews are ultimately responsible. Egypt is only "responsible" insofar as it acts as an arm of Israel/US.

[@leviashanken2506]

@@grafzeppelin4069 the technical term is 'Israelis', not 'Jews'.

[@Mark-tp2mz]

Beciase Eygypt dontl support the Palestianians either

[@trueman2662]

Thank you greatly for this coverage

[@toniagarcia3247]

Thank you for your excellent journalism and bringing facts to light.

[@yasharyildirim3073]

SHAME ON ALL ARABIC NATIONS... SHAME AND SHAME AGAIN...

[@domesticated991]

Shame on Turkey too for not using its leverage. Arab public are so oppressed to stir but many of them are aching for the borders to open.

[@yasharyildirim3073]

@@domesticated991 Yes you are right SHAME ON ALL OF US, TO WATCH THIS KILLING...:((

[@aes0p895]

awful thing to say. shame on you.

[@Cecile-p1d]

Bring Sisi to ICC together with his neighbour Netanyahu for grave violations of human rights, torture in prisons, collaboration in war crimes!

[@ms.pugsley]

Long live Israel ❤

[@eviyanti2223]

No Hamas no teroris,,,,

[@OldboyMoy]

In Egyptian and I agree. Sisi is complicit in the genocide

[@rstidman]

@@OldboyMoy he not only masterminded the genocide, there is a strong possibility he sexually defiled the corpses of many of the genocide victims.

[@myname2938]

And not biden and other western countries that gave Israel all the weapons 😂

[@romemiller5349]

A modern day Egypt does'nt identify as "African - Black" regardless of it's location on the planet .

[@LovelyDove-ve3wo]

The ICJ is Binding so ordered. Greetings Democracy Now, Crew Thank you sincerely Mrs Goodman

[@beforeyourimmigrants8471]

The US needs to be out of it. Let them go on and work that thing out

[@mohamedelkhatib9052]

Solidarity with Egypt also, we are living in extremly dangerous imperialist times and any weak state disapear...not even the US is democratic.

[@eskokauppila1327]

Pro-humanity not pro-Israel not pro-deadpeople not pro-Palestina not pro-violence not pro-gunfactories🏳🏳🏳

[@jimkluska253]

Guess ur not pro alive or real

[@davepumphernickel9568]

Lol I remember seeing something where Egypt closed down its boarder and was like “yo these guys are savages, I found like 200 tunnels under my boarder, with weapons, and other substances and things, we cannot allow this crime in our country” and basically shut down the boarder. Honestly good decision who knows what more they could have obtained had they not had a better handle.

[@user-hl4jl8rx5q]

Hopefully Egypt will accept millions of Palestinian refugees perhaps they can enter Egypt through the 700+ tunnels used to smuggle weapons provided by Iran to Hamas.

[@zebnoormohamed3949]

1. Haifa Massacre 1937 2. Jerusalem Massacre 1937 3. Haifa Massacre 1938. 4. Balad al-Sheikh Massacre 1939 5. Haifa Massacre 1939 6. Haifa Massacre 1947 7. Abbasiya Massacre 1947 8. Al-Khisas Massacre 1947 9. Bab al-Amud Massacre 1947 10. Jerusalem Massacre 1947 11. Sheikh Bureik Massacre 1947 12. Tantura Massacre 1948 13. Semiramis Hotel bombing, 1948 14. Sa’sa massacre, Safed 1948 15. Eilabun massacre, Tiberias 1948 16. Hula massacre, Lebanon 1948 17. Arab al-Mawasi massacre, 1948 18. Deir Yassin massacre April 9, 1948 19. Al-Husayniyya, Safed 1948 20. Ein al-Zeitun massacre, Safed 1948 21. Abu Shusha massacre, Ramie 1948 22. Lydda massacre, 1948 23. Al-Dawayima massacre, Hebron ‘48 24. Safsaf massacre, Safed 1948 25. Saliha massacre, Safed 1948 27. Jaffa Massacre 1948 28. Qibya massacre, 1953 30. Khan Yunis Massacre 1956 31. Kafr Qasim massacre, 1956 32. Jerusalem Massacre 1967 33. Sabra and Shatila Massacre 1982 34. Al-Aqsa Massacre 1990 35. Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre 1994 36. Jenin Refugee Camp April 2002 37. Gaza Massacre 2008-09 38. Gaza Massacre 2012 39. Gaza Massacre 2014 40. Gaza Massacre 2018-19 41. Gaza Massacre 2021 42. Gaza Genocide 2023 is still ongoing DONT LET ANYONE CONVINCE YOU THAT IT STARTED ON OCTOBER 7th PLEASE REPOST

[@billytheadult6247]

What a sad thought. Egypt, once the greatest superpower on the face of the earth who held onto that position for millennia, now a zero. I shudder when I think what will become of the US in the centuries to come.

[@PrettyWhiteLady]

What a well-spoken gentleman, so wonderful to hear world-wide human rights leaders championing the meaning and cause of human rights world-wide, and insisting it continues to mean something and doesn't get religated to the dustbin of history, which is where certain countries, (you know the ones I mean, and I don't want further censorship by KZbin by stating them), would like to deposit them into. With love and support from Toronto Canada 💕 the most multicultural city in the world 🌎 we do it right 👍

[@zachariahbarber5794]

I thank God every day that I am an American and not a Democrat....

[@NotACultMember]

Aww, how cute. You have an imaginary friend.

[@scrateshooter]

​@@NotACultMember Tell that to the Egyptians, Jews, or Hamas

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

When 800,000 Jews had to flee countries like Iraq , Libya , Lebanon and so on , Israel took everyone in

[@claystore]

No different than other colonializing countries. In order to possess and retain land, you need to populate it. For example, Canada and the US had homesteading programs starting in the early 1800's that encouraged settlers to move onto lands which were stolen from native populations. No different in Israel.

[@tyronewashington230]

@@claystore You don't need to populate land to control it, you have to defend it to retain it. Native populations stole the land they where on. Land was taken that wasn't defended.

[@tyronewashington230]

@@claystore Iran is defending gaza, it's their land

[@claystore]

@tyronewashington230 I agree with you. Israel only accepted people from other countries because it needed a population so it could defend the land it stole...

[@KarimaDerridj]

You should educate yourself about how this happened , how this was pushed by the Jewish agencies , there are several testimonies about this

[@gift7233]

Sisi's days are numbered. Dictatorship doesn't last forever.

[@dianahauzenberg6218]

Whot happend? Everybody using pink glasses?

[@Blurb777]

So - you could kidnap my kids but I am not allowed to go hunt for them, or I'm the bad guy? Got it!

[@kimthibeau8354]

For the thousandth time Hamas could surrender. They could answer for their horrific crimes. This would all end.

[@mitsymoo7561]

For the 1000th time, Israel could end apartheid. They could answer for their horrific crimes. This could all end.

[@garypyland8774]

​@@mitsymoo7561So what Hamas did to the Israelis Oct 7 wasn't horrific? Israel has every right to defend themselves and are certainly going to create an environment in Gaza that will prevent Oct 7's from ever happening again!

[@mitsymoo7561]

@@garypyland8774 Palestinians have every right to defend themselves

[@mitsymoo7561]

@@garypyland8774 Create an environment that will prevent another Oct 7 happening? Hmm, guess that's why they targeted babies and young children. Ok. Got it.

[@qrcgamez5279]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸.

[@abduldardery2799]

Thank you for your courage!

[@garyjohnson7133]

So what’s the problem?

[@ashrafkandeel4933]

I don’t understand what these people talking about leave Egypt alone

[@annazfker2028]

... IT IS THE US FOUNDING THE GENOCIDE.

[@AC-re9ee]

Egypt remembers what happened the last time they attacked Israel, thats why they wont again 😂😂

[@ranfa7373]

😂😂😂😂 No they know they don't have to !

[@myname2938]

Israel attacked Egypt not the opposite

[@scrateshooter]

​@myname2938 So Egypt was just minding it's own business? Not posturing and positioned for war?

[@lizArizona]

Thank you for this cellist interview 💜⬆️⬆️

[@Davpenn1959]

they do it all over the world

[@ahmedhany7035]

More than 20,000 aid trucks entered Gaza through Rafah and Karem Abu Salem!!! This number is actually not a sign of a “siege” of Gaza from the Egyptian side!! Also, Egypt received thousands of injured Palestinians in the last 7 months

[@mikiafu]

Could you please consider producing an episode on the ongoing crisis in Sudan and the alleged complicity of certain Arab states in this situation? It seems crucial to highlight that the suffering and lives of Sudanese people are just as important as those in democratic nations. Is there a reason why your reporting focuses predominantly on democracies while potentially overlooking the severe issues faced by those living under different political systems? The world needs to know that Sudanese lives are equally valuable and deserving of coverage.

[@Trip_Fontaine]

@mikiafu The USA is not funding what's going on in Sudan like we are funding Israel's genocide. And it's laughable to say that Israel is a democracy. The Palestinians are under the control of Israel and do not vote for the leaders of Israel.

[@easyeasler]

Yeah Egypt is the pinnacle of human rights

[@abelucious]

Egyptian people are responsible for their leader’s actions , they protested against Mubarak only when facebook told them to , shame on the Egyptian people

[@iamlightsunshine6628]

The myriad tunnels under Gaza are best known as passageways used to smuggle goods from Egypt and launch attacks into Israel. But there exists a second underground network that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) colloquially refer to as the “Gaza metro.” It’s a vast labyrinth of tunnels, by some accounts several kilometers underground, used to transport people and goods; to store rockets and ammunition caches; and house Hamas command and control centers, all away from the prying eyes of the IDF’s aircraft and surveillance drones

[@user-tb2jx8qd9n]

Are Hamas and Palestine the same thing or not? Hamas consists of Palestinians, Hamas is located on the territory of Palestine, Hamas carries out its terrorist attacks from Palestine, Hamas has a majority in the Palestinian Parliament.

[@Fatimaateye786]

What a shame for Egypt government subhanallah 😮

[@pennyloafin4447]

What a joke.

[@danielgriffin8132]

I do not support Hamas

[@rosmindarus249]

Puppet sisi setanyahu bestfriend

[@JusticeWillPrevail101]

Allahumma inna naj aluka fi nuhurihim wa na'udhu bika min shururihim "O Allah, we make You our shield against them (oppressors), and take refuge in You from their evils."

[@ihanaa9803]

This is depressing

[@m.kmojadady8069]

I thank students for their support of Palestinian Students are the future i wish each and everyone of them good health and good luck

[@357blackhawk]

Most of the protesters aren't students. The few students that are there can't find any of these places on the map.

[@george-hz9xq]

Al-Sissi is being blackmailed. It works every time.

[@joemanco-no4jy]

Why do Israel's bidding? Why not, why stop now after 76 years?

[@scrateshooter]

This is why: Numbers 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. Numbers 22:12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.Deuteronomy 30:7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.

[@RobertStiles]

Egypt receives over $2 billion USD per year from the United States to take orders.

[@user-lp5nm8is7d]

We'll get a minute on this for optics and then back to Israel coverage

[@TommyTCGT]

5.9999m needs 180m gallons of fuel and takes 43 years with 6 burners.

[@tobyihli9470]

Genocide is a word, with a specific meaning. What is happening in Gaza simply doesn’t fit the meaning of the word. So stop saying that. You discredit yourself.

[@HabibFromTelAviv]

That word has lost its meaning the way lefties throw it around with ease