🇪🇬🇮🇱 EGYPT'S DECADE OF REPRESSION AND HUMAN RIGHTS ATROCITIES 🧵
Under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s regime, Egypt has systematically dismantled human rights, using state violence, mass detentions, and the suppression of dissent to maintain control. Israel has followed the same playbook in its treatment of Palestinians and its own crackdowns on opposition. Both governments rely on military rule, mass surveillance, and the criminalization of resistance to silence critics. Examples Below:
🇪🇬 SYSTEMATIC SUPPRESSION OF POLITICAL DISSENT:
Sisi's government has aggressively targeted political opposition, activists, and protesters. Notable figures like Alaa Abdel-Fattah have been imprisoned on charges of “spreading false news” or participating in unauthorized protests. The regime has made dissent a criminal act, regularly arresting peaceful protesters and activists without cause. 2/
🇪🇬 MASS ARBITRARY AND INCOMMUNICADO DETENTIONS:
Under Sisi, arbitrary detentions have become a widespread practice. Thousands have been detained on flimsy charges, often without trial or legal representation. Many individuals are subjected to enforced disappearances, where they vanish for days, weeks, or months, with no contact with the outside world, including their families or lawyers. 3/
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s ascent to power was not about democracy; it was about consolidating power for Egypt’s military elite, with the support of the U.S., Israel, and the UK.
A Thread 🧵
TONY BLAIR WAS SISI’S ADVISOR
After leading a coup in 2013 that ousted Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Sisi suppressed dissent and imprisoned over 60,000 political prisoners. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, serving as a "Middle East Peace Envoy," played a pivotal role in legitimizing Sisi’s regime.
Blair not only endorsed the coup but also became an informal advisor to Sisi, helping him secure international recognition. He described Sisi as “a necessary partner,” despite the brutal repression and widespread human rights abuses that followed.
A reminder that Tony Blair, alongside George Bush, is responsible for the illegal war in Iraq, which led to the killing, injury, and displacement of millions of Iraqis. This is how Sisi came to make him his advisor. /1
TONY BLAIR: A CHEERLEADER FOR SISI’S OPPRESSION
After Sisi’s coup in 2013, Tony Blair became one of his most vocal international supporters. As the Quartet’s Middle East envoy, Blair lobbied Western governments to back Sisi, portraying him as a bulwark against "extremism."
Blair even advised Sisi on how to reform Egypt’s economy, helping him secure international loans. Behind the scenes, Blair aligned himself with the interests of Gulf monarchies like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who funded Egypt’s military and feared the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Blair’s support provided Sisi with the legitimacy he needed to consolidate power, despite the mass killings and brutal crackdowns that followed. /2
A THREAD 🧵 of statements made by Israeli officials indicating their intent to EXTERMINATE Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a whole:
1. Tally Goltiv, Member of the Israeli Knesset, 7 October 2023
'Bring down buildings! Bomb without distinction!! Stop with
this impotence. You have ability. There is worldwide legitimacy! Flatten Gaza. Without mercy! This time, there is no room for mercy.'
2. Ariel Kallner, Member of the Israeli Knesset, 8 October 2023
'Nakba to the enemy now! This day is our Pearl Harbor. We will still learn the lessons. Right now, one goal: Nakba! A Nakba that will overshadow the Nakba of 48. A Nakba in Gaza and a Nakba for anyone who dares to join.'
3. Yoav Kisch, Israel's Education Minister, 9 October 2023
'Those are animals, they have no right to exist. I am not debating the way it will happen, but they need to be exterminated. This [attack] is not enough, there should be more, there should be no limits to the response, I said it a million times until we see hundreds of thousands fleeing
Gaza, we, the IDF has not achieved its mission'
⚡️🇮🇱 ABC REPORTS ON ISRAEL KILLING HUNDREDS OF ISRAELIS ON OCTOBER 7th
“28 fighter helicopters shot all of the ammunition in their bellies.”
In July, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed commanders in the IDF gave the order to fire on troops who had been captured by Hams at three separate locations, explicitly referencing the Hannibal Directive.
One former Israeli officer, Air Force Colonel Nof Erez, told a Haaretz podcast the directive was not specifically ordered but was "apparently applied" by responding aircrews.
Panicked, operating without their normal command structure and unable to coordinate with ground forces, they fired on vehicles returning to Gaza, knowing they were likely carrying hostages.
"This was a mass Hannibal. It was tons and tons of openings in the fence, and thousands of people in every type of vehicle, some with hostages and some without," Colonel Erez said.
Air force pilots described to Yedioth Ahronot newspaper the firing of "tremendous" amounts of ammunition on October 7 at people attempting to cross the border between Gaza and Israel.
"Twenty-eight fighter helicopters shot over the course of the day all of the ammunition in their bellies, in renewed runs to rearm. We are talking about hundreds of 30-millimetre cannon mortars and Hellfire missiles," reporter Yoav Zeitoun said.
"The frequency of fire at the thousands of terrorists was enormous at the start, and only at a certain point did the pilots begin to slow their attacks and carefully choose the targets."