The heavy-handed intervention of the army and police on Sunday managed to
block the general strike, but it has enraged the workers and youth who have
continued to protest.
The situation in Mahalla has become far more serious than
the media would lead us to believe. The police opened fire on the unarmed
demonstrating workers and killed at least four. Here we publish an appeal for
solidarity that we have received from Egypt.
After the defeat of
the Israeli army in Lebanon
two years ago, the Israeli Defence Forces have been trying to win back their
image as the only real defenders of the people in Israel. Now they are constantly
provoking Syria in the hope
that Syria
will hit back, something it seems unwilling to do.