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Egypt's Morsi Implies Jews Control the American Media
(Foreign Policy) Josh Rogin - Last week in Cairo, seven U.S. senators had a highly contentious meeting with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi during which the Muslim Brotherhood leader implied that he was the victim of an American media run by the Jews. The 90-minute meeting devolved into an uncomfortable set of exchanges as the senators pressed the Egyptian president to explain his 2010 comments describing Jews as "bloodsuckers who attack Palestinians" as well as "the descendants of apes and pigs." Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) quoted Morsi as saying: "We all know that the media in the United States has made a big deal of this and we know the media of the United States is controlled by certain forces and they don't view me favorably." "He did not say [the Jews], but I watched as the other senators physically recoiled, as did I," Coons said. "I thought it was impossible to draw any other conclusion."