What Egypt Doesn’t Want for Gaza
President Sisi fears an Israeli victory—but only because it might not be complete.
December 13, 2023
Celebrating murder in London.
Having lived in Britain for much of his life, Jonathan Foreman wasn’t surprised that the current war in Gaza prompted anti-Israel protests and the like. But even he was surprised by their intensity, the fact that they began immediately after the October 7 massacres (rather than after the IDF’s military response), and the way they have drawn in people like his middle-aged neighbors, who on October 10 hung Palestinian flags and banners outside their house:
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Celebrating murder in London.
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