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Source: http://www.the-american-interest.com/articles/2014/04/21/the-sources-of-egyptian-anti-semitism/
The Sources of Egyptian Anti-Semitism
(American Interest) Samuel Tadros - "Sisi is Jewish and Egypt is now under Zionist occupation." Thus screamed a September 21, 2013, headline on Rassd, the news outlet created and backed by the Muslim Brotherhood. From liberals to Islamists, one of the only ideas that binds Egyptians is anti-Semitism. Why is Egyptian culture so drenched in this toxic ideology? In the top ranks of the Egyptian army, in its intelligence community, and in the ranks of state servants, the nearly universal belief of the existence of a Jewish conspiracy against the homeland is dangerous and affects perception of reality and hence policy. The writer is a research fellow at the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom.