Graffiti: Bringing Down Israel's Embassy Wall in Cairo
Photo Blog by Maggie Osama
Pro-Palestinian activists turned the 100m long and 3m high wall surrounding Israel's embassy in Cairo into a site of creative protest. The wall was erected by the Egyptian army last Saturday. The wall replaced an iron fence smashed by protesters last month. The military junta claimed that it was set up to protect public property and not the embassy in particular.
Activists sprayed the wall with pro-Palestine, anti-SCAF, and anti-Zionist messages such as 'No to reconciliation,' 'We will not forget Deir Yassin,' 'No to Israel,' 'Bethlehem,' and finally 'the Liberation of Palestine starts with the liberation of Egypt,' amid shouts of encouragement by passersby and car drivers. Some of them decided to participate in the event.
After several hours, army officers and military police showed up demanding that activists and others stop drawing and leave. The military accused protesters of distorting the wall's appearance. "It is a shame to draw over the Egyptian flag the symbol of the country!" they told protesters. Military officers and activists discussed and argued about the action for half an hour until the activists decided to leave.
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