Egyptians: Cut ties with Israel

Sat Sep 10, 2011

Egyptian people, who had gathered in front of the Israeli embassy in the capital city of Cairo, have once again urged the severance of ties with Israel,Press TV reports.

People demolished a cement wall around the embassy with hammers and large metal rods on Friday. The wall was built this month by Egyptian authorities after daily protests were held over the killing of five Egyptian border guards by Israeli gunmen in August.

Police stood aside as people tore down the wall to the cheers of hundreds of demonstrators.

"Each and every person in Egypt has an uncle, a father or a neighbor who lost his life or injured during the war with Israel," Egypt's revolutionary activist Shirin Zein el-Deen told Press TV.

"All people in Egypt do not want Israel. We need to finish this [the embassy]," one angry protester shouted.

"We are going to get our freedom by our hand," another protester yelled.

Police fired teargas on protesters after one floor of a building in Cairo that houses the Israeli embassy was breached.

One protester outside the Israeli embassy died of suffocation from the teargas and 235 others were injured.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.com/detail/198453.html.