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Military police disperse demonstration before Israeli Embassy

Military police on Sunday managed to disperse demonstrators who have been staging protests before the Israeli embassy for nine days, after their numbers were reduced to under a dozen.

The army blocked the street leading to the embassy and placed six armored vehicles before the building.

The April 6 Youth Movement and the National Association for Change have agreed to suspend the demonstration until a joint investigation into the border attack is complete.

“Those movements do not speak on our behalf,” said Emad Ragab, a demonstrator. “We insist on deporting the Israeli ambassador.”

For his part, activist Magdy Gharib called for boycotting Israel and the US in response to the former filing a lawsuit against Ahmed al-Shahat, the young man who pulled down the Israeli flag on top of the embassy.

“They managed to disperse us for now, but we’ll come again,” said demonstrator Ahmed Hussein.

Translated from the Arabic Edition

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