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The Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt was attacked on Friday by hundreds of Egyptians who tore down the building and its flag. The incident has peaked tensions between Egypt’s transitional military government and Israel after the killing of three Egyptian soldiers on the border by Israel, for which Israel has not apologized. Israel is also facing serious tensions with its other former regional ally, Turkey. Turkey just expelled Israel’s ambassador in the latest tensions over the killing by Israeli forces last year of 9 Turks aboard a ship with the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. These regional crises coincide with the attempt by Palestinian officials to gain recognition for statehood at the United Nations. The Israeli Ha\u2019aretz newspaper has reported that Israel is readying settlers in Palestinian territories for possible clashes with Palestinians after the anticipated UN General Assembly vote on Palestinian statehood. The settlers are being trained by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in the use of tear gas, stun grenades, and crowd dispersal techniques as part of the military’s ‘Operation Summer Seeds.’ The United Nations General Assembly is expected to formally recognize Palestine during its upcoming session, beginning on September 20th. Israel is warning of “mass disorder” and possible confrontations with Palestinians following the vote. An IDF spokesman told Ha’aretz the settlers were being trained for, “readiness for possible scenarios” from a “defensive standpoint.” The documents acquired by Ha’aretz detail the IDF’s strategy of establishing two lines around Settlements. If Palestinian demonstrators cross the first line, they can be fired on with tear gas. If the second line is crossed soldiers may shoot the legs of demonstrators. Palestinians do not have access to the maps. Meanwhile, the Israeli government is dealing with yet another domestic crisis – anger from its own citizens. Over 400,000 protestors turned-out across Israel on Saturday September 3rd as part of ongoing demonstrations over the summer, rallying behind the slogan: \u201cThe people demand social justice.\u201d Among the grievances of Israelis are the high cost of housing, transportation, childcare, food and fuel, and low wages. <\/p>\n
GUEST: Max Blumenthal, is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author. His articles and video documentaries have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, The Nation, Electronic Intifada, Salon.com, Al-Jazeera English and many other publications. He is a writing fellow for the Nation Institute and blogs at Al Akhbar English. His book, Republican Gomorrah: Inside The Movement That Shattered The Party, is a New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller.<\/em><\/p>\nRead Max Blumenthal’s work at www.maxblumenthal.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt was attacked on Friday by hundreds of Egyptians who tore down the building and its flag. The incident has peaked tensions between Egypt’s transitional military government and Israel after the killing of three Egyptian soldiers on the border by Israel, for which Israel has not apologized. Israel is also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}