Demo is planned in 20 mins to take place in front of the Press Syndicate in solidarity with Gaza.. at 5pm sharp…
We are racing against deadlines here at El-Badeel to include expanded Gaza coverage… We will be giving it three pages in tomorrow’s issue… Already journalists who finished their stories are now racing to the Press Syndicate to take part in the protests.
There’s no question which side are El-Badeel journalists on… WE ARE ALL GAZANS TODAY…!
UPDATE: 6pm: There are more than one thousand protesters in front of the syndicate. Clashes are taking place.
UPDATE 7pm: Some photos from the protest by Nasser Nouri…
UPDATE: 7:10pm: El-Badeel colleague who is at the demonstration now is saying the Muslim Brothers have left the Syndicate suddenly around 20 mins ago. The MBs withdrawal was coordinated with the police. The number of demonstrators, according to my colleague, has dropped from 2,000 to 1,000 now mostly leftists.
UPDATE: 7:30 More demonstrations are planned tomorrow in Cairo and the provinces.
UPDATE: 7:50pm: Elaf posted a UPI report saying the Egyptian regime has withdrawn its ambassador from Tel Aviv. We checked the state-owned MENA and Reuters, and there’s nothing about that.. The mobile of the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, Hossam Zaki, who is quoted in the report, is busy. But if there’s nothing about that on MENA, then the UPI report is bullshit!
