Last Updated, 7:01 p.m. |UpdatePalestinian students disrupted a dissident Egyptian blogger’s address at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Sunday.
Palestinian students: SHAME ON YOU #MaikelinIsrael
— Yara (@Yara48) 23 Dec 12
As The Lede reported on Friday, the blogger, Maikel Nabil, is a controversial figure in Egypt. A member of the country’s Coptic Christian community who describes himself as an atheist and an admirer of Israeli democracy, he was jailed for eight months after the 2011 revolution for denouncing in a blog post the military council that took power from former President Hosni Mubarak. His visit to Israel was sponsored by the non-governmental organization U.N. Watch, which is critical of the United Nations and affiliated with the American Jewish Committee and the World Jewish Congress.
Egypt won’t become democratic without Peace with Israel, and Israel won’t enjoy Peace unless Egypt become a democracy. #maikelinIsrael
— Maikel Nabil Sanad (@maikelnabil) 22 Dec 12
As the Gazan blogger Rana Baker reported on Twitter, video posted online showed Palestinian students in the front row of the hall rising to their feet during the speech, shouting: “Shame on you! The Egyptian revolution hates you!”
Palestinian students disrupt Maikel Nabil’s talk at the Hebrew University upon his normalization visit http://t.co/F0zVOpMG
— Rana (@RanaGaza) 24 Dec 12
Footage of the disruption shot from the front of the hall caught a sharp exchange between a protester and another member of the audience. As several female students voiced their objections to Mr. Nabil using his association with the Egyptian uprising to promote acceptance of Israel, a man in the back of the hall shouted, “This is not Egypt — sit down!” To which one woman replied, “This is Palestine, and we have the right to say whatever we want.”
TODAY! @maikelnabil, “The Hero of Tahrir Square” watch the live feed here at 12 Jerusalem http://t.co/FoDWpjhZ @HebrewU @HebrewU_heb
— Truman Institute (@Truman4Peace) 23 Dec 12
The university, which presented Mr. Nabil as “the hero of Tahrir Square,” streamed live video of the address and later posted video of the complete speech on YouTube.
Historic talk in #Israel today by Egyptian human rights hero @maikelnabil, sponsored by @UNWatch. Must-see video: http://t.co/nacw0dgE
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) 23 Dec 12
Areej Mawasi, a Palestinian student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, reported on the disruption as it took place on her @rejism90 Twitter feed.
A student: you r using the egypt revolution , shame on you maikel #maikelinisrael
— Areej Saeb /سانكيو (@rejism90) 23 Dec 12
Shame on you. #maikelinisrael http://t.co/tUT7jUaP
— Areej Saeb /سانكيو (@rejism90) 23 Dec 12
And i left saying: stop your lies you are propaganda yourself. Ah and he said haha thank you. #maikelinisrael
— Areej Saeb /سانكيو (@rejism90) 23 Dec 12
Yara Saadi, a member of a Palestinian feminist student group at the university, told the Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm ahead of the event that she and other students planned to disrupt the speech because they oppose the acceptance or “normalization” of Israel.
A condemnation note by the Palestinian students of Michael Nabeel’s visit to the Hebrew Univ. #Maikelinisrael http://t.co/uqRMbM30
— Yara (@Yara48) 23 Dec 12
“We consider Nabil a part of the normalization and bargaining that supports the theft and colonization of land, supports the suppression and displacement of the Palestinian people and ignores their rights,” Ms. Saadi said. “His shameful opinions do not convince anyone who has basic information about the Arab-Zionist struggle.”
It’s a shame what some Paletinians writing about me on the net, while I’m pressuring for their own state. #maikelinIsrael
— Maikel Nabil Sanad (@maikelnabil) 22 Dec 12
As The Lede explained last year, many of the Egyptian activist bloggers who supported Mr. Nabil’s right to freedom of expression on his blog, and demonstrated against his imprisonment, were strongly critical of his pro-Israel stance. One Cairene activist, Lobna Darwish, denounced Mr. Nabil’s visit to Israel as “pathetic,” in a comment posted on Twitter.
The #MaikelNabil and Israel love affair is simply pathetic,shows how 30+ years of normalization didn’t work, israel has to cerebrate 1 ally.
— Lobna Darwish (@lobna) 23 Dec 12
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