[Foundation-l] Concerns for Safety

Sat Mar 8 09:08:24 UTC 2008

Dan Rosenthal wrote:
> Indeed. Nathan, I suggest you get your facts correct before making  
> statements like that. This discussion was more recently initiated due  
> to the Egyptian government's censorship of newspapers showing images  
> of muhammad last month. LAST MONTH. This was followed by anti-semitic  
> demonstrations threatening violence against Jews, and government  
> statements that they would continue to censor media that display  
> images of Muhammad that they don't like. Again....LAST MONTH.
>   
We are not about to start distributing newspapers in Egypt.  There are 
no doubt anti-semitic groups in Egypt doing what you claim, but that 
does not mean that they are sanctioned by the government.  Jewish 
Israelis regularly vacation in Egypt.
> Completely ignoring for a moment that the issues WERE raised and  
> ignored, you fail to recognize that these are new points, in regards  
> to a new incident, which when combined with this weeks extensive  
> violence in Gaza, at the Egyptian border, show a significantly less  
> safe and stable Egypt than was presented at the bid.
>   
The host city is Alexandria in Egypt, not Gaza in Palestine.

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