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The following is research published today from MEMRI’s Special Dispatch Series, and TV Project.

• Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: The Attack on Israeli Embassy – A Legitimate Act of Protest
• Virulent Anti-Israel Incitement in Egyptian Weekly: 'The Gang Ruling Israel Has Vastly Surpassed Hitler's Deeds'
• Former Egyptian General Sameh Seif Al-Yazal Says Egyptian Press and Government Responsible for Attack on Israeli Embassy: They Made Rioter Out to Be a Hero
• Former Lebanese Minister Wiam Wahhab Calls to 'Attack the Israeli Embassy in Cairo and Burn It Down' So that It Does Not 'Defile Egyptian Soil'

Special Dispatch No. 4126—Egypt/Muslim Brotherhood/Tom Lantos Archives on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial Documentation Project/U.S. and the Arab & Muslim World/Hamas

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: The Attack on Israeli Embassy – A Legitimate Act of Protest

While many in Egypt have condemned the September 9, 2011 attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo, various voices in the Muslim Brotherhood have justified it. They called it an understandable reaction to the Egyptian authorities' "feeble" and "helpless" response to the August 18, 2011 incident on the Egypt-Israel border, in which several Egyptian soldiers were killed.

It should be noted that in the weeks since the incident, the Muslim Brotherhood has taken an active role in stirring up widespread popular protest against Israel. The movement called to reassess the relationship with Israel and the peace agreement with it, and some of its leaders expressed disappointment with Egypt's official response to the August incident, calling for a military reaction commensurate with the Israeli's military action on the border.

On August 19, some 200 Muslim Brotherhood activists held a protest rally in front of the Israeli embassy. Dr. Saleh Sultan, a shari'a lecturer at Cairo University and head of the Jerusalem Committee of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), who is close to the Muslim Brotherhood, said at this rally that any Egyptian who meets a Zionist in Egypt is entitled to kill him, just as Israel has killed the Camp David Accords. On another occasion Dr. Sultan called to kill the Israeli ambassador.

Muslim Brotherhood Secretary-General Dr. Mahmoud Hussein said it is unreasonable that the Egypt-Israel peace agreement should remain as it is, complete with the ban on Egyptian forces in Sinai, while Israel continues to do as it pleases with this agreement. He called to reassess the agreement (though not to revoke it), and to bring it to referendum after removing all the clauses that undermine Egyptian sovereignty. The Muslim Brotherhood website posted articles calling the peace agreement futile and urging support for the Palestinian resistance and to prepare for an inevitable confrontation with the "Zionist entity."

To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5631.htm.

Special Dispatch No. 4125—Egypt

Virulent Anti-Israel Incitement in Egyptian Weekly: 'The Gang Ruling Israel Has Vastly Surpassed Hitler's Deeds'

In its August 28, 2011 issue, the Egyptian weekly October published on its front page an article titled "The New Nazis: The Black Record of the Israeli Generals," by 'Ibrahim 'Abd Al-Ghani, which contains virulent incitement against Israel and Israelis. The article states that all Israel's leaders, from Ben Gurion to Netanyahu, have been filled with a murderous hatred for Arabs instilled in them from youth, and have surpassed the Nazi regime in their cruelty and massacres. It is riddled with historical errors and inaccuracies, and is accompanied by an image of Netanyahu as Hitler giving the Nazi salute (see below).

It should be noted that although it cites statements by Holocaust denier Dr. Rif'at Sayyed Ahmad, the article does not focus on antisemitism or on Holocaust denial; rather, its main theme is demonization of Israel by attributing Nazi characteristics to it and by accusing it of emulating and even surpassing Hitler's regime.

To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5630.htm.

MEMRI TV Clip No. 3112 - Former Egyptian General Sameh Seif Al-Yazal Says Egyptian Press and Government Responsible for Attack on Israeli Embassy: They Made Rioter Out to Be a Hero

Following are excerpts from an interview with former Egyptian general Sameh Seif Al-Yazal, which aired on Al-Hayat TV on September 10, 2011:

Sameh Seif Al-Yazal: "I hold the Egyptian press and the government responsible for yesterday's [attack on the Israeli embassy]."

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3112.htm.

MEMRI TV Clip No. 3109 - Former Lebanese Minister Wiam Wahhab Calls to "Attack the Israeli Embassy in Cairo and Burn It Down" So that It Does Not "Defile Egyptian Soil"

Following are excerpts from an interview with former Lebanese minister Wiam Wahhab, which aired on NBN TV on August 21, 2011:

Wiam Wahhab: "First of all, I'd like to congratulate the demonstrator who removed the flag of Israel from its Cairo embassy today. I say to the demonstrators: This embassy should be attacked and destroyed. It should be eradicated so that it does not defile Egyptian soil. It must not remain there. All those heroes, who took to the streets to demonstrate, some of whom are still continuing their revolution, in order to prevent it from being hijacked…"

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3109.htm .