Egypt media group agrees on massive Israel boycott

"gone against peace and elected an extremist government which opposes peace and supports killing and destruction"

so then by your support for israel tell me this, should we do the same as them, and get all our aboriginals into a huge area, shut it off, put checkpoints everywhere, cut off their power when they throw beer bottles over the wall, bomb the area when they retaliate for us putting them in this situation?.

Viper might be right about oz gov but many,many,many support Israel. I DO

I think you hit the nail on the head when you said it was because the egyption didnt get elected to the UN post because of protests for certain Israel persons.!! Well thought.

a nominal peace between governments... NOT between peoples. which is why the arab peace iniative lists the conditions that it does, and it's why they refuse to consider "negotiating" ANY of them. their intent is for REAL "peace"; not just an agreement between governments. what they envision is essentially a unified neighborhood of nations that includes israel, which not only will lead to a strong front against islamic extremism(which is a threat to them, too), but will also eventually lead to cultural and economic interaction, mutual cooperation, trade, tourism, etc. but they realize that in order for this to happen, the issues that inflame regional antagonism towards israel need to removed in order for "peace" with israel to be accepted by their "people"...and you can't really have peace and normalized relations between nations unless its embraced by the people. without that, all you have is a peace on paper between governments...like the one with egypt.

That?s what happens when you give land for peace. The Egyptians got their Sinai Peninsula back so they can open their mouth. Who needs peace like this? No more giving land for peace to the Arabs. Peace for peace and that?s it.

how SAD..and Egypt is supposed to be the enlightened peace partner???? ha ha ha ...what a joke... no wonder all the arabs are wallowing in their muck... so concerned with Israel prosperring and they do nothing for their own...SICK

Egypt, A primitive country with a tiny strata of educated people who hold on to power for over 50 years. Just see Mubarak! Do you think he'll ever relinquish his seat? What is even worse,he wants to pass the sceptre over to his son! A feudal-like system. Not unlike the regime of Hafez Assad who passed the reins of government to his son. (We remember how Mubarak mocked the methods of Hafez Assad,& said such a thing cannot happen in Egypt) Ha! Ha! Ha! It goes without saying,there's no such thing as free elections in ANy Arab country. See Iran. Only recently. And Israel has to deal with these lying & corrupted regimes! They know no other way.

I do recall from couple of month ago news about riots in amman against Jordanian organizations dealing with Israeli oranizations and products. i amnt sure what the government reaction was though... strange that when countries such as Israel react in self-defence to continuous missiles and attacks, it is considered as violation!

"Silly me! Thinking we had PEACE with Egypt" Silly Egyptians. They just noticed that they are dealing with a country whose FM is publicly talking about genocide by bombing the Aswan dam.

Generally speaking, Egyptians now are blaming, not surprisingly, an international Jewish conspiracy aided by Israel, the US and Europe for Farouk Hosni's loss to the Bulgarian Bukova.

You see the problem is mainly when people use some words like "enemy", I am not defending Egypt position but noted that there is a piece agreement signed and valid for three decades. Unfortunately both parties can not act on its spirit.

Will Al Ahram Group also boycott all Hamas members who are also not working towards peace?

To the best of my recollection, the Jordanian newspaper union holds a similar boycott of all things Israeli... to the point of creating a domestic blacklist of any journalism union member who actually dares seek contact with Israelis. Just the latest incarnation of the 3 No's of Khartoum. Someone remind us why we're supposed to take the so-called Arab peace plan seriously?

Sad day when Australia becomes Australistan the day is coming.

Sad day when Australia becomes Australistan the day is coming.

is it assumed that Israel will cease to exist when biased newpapers boycott it! thousands of years of diaspora and oppression didnt manage to turn off the Hatikva, niether will this silly thing do..

Finally, somebody had the gutts to do the right thing! Israel does not want and will never achieve peace with Palestinians nor Arabs, and this comes as a great move especially now after the Israelis latest provocations of Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The US Congress should investigate this boycott as a violation of the Egypt-Israel 1979 peace treaty and threaten to withhold Egypt's $2.5 billion in annual U.S. aid until it ends.

Proving once again that Israel has no real peace partners.

Israel and many in the world community argued that no one should talk to Hamas until it jumps through several hoops and show that it wants peace with Israel. The same should be done with the extremists running Israel's government. Until they declare that they are willing to leave the occupied territories, including occupied East Jerusalem, they should be boycotted by all Arabs

i'll gloat on this again, i have stated right here on haaretz the logical answer to many nutcases, that is that they think that what the polticians/leaders say is what the people say, your quite wrong, the ordinary citizen does NOT share the same thoughts as polticians, like in oz land, our government can support israel, but we the people DO NOT. and here we have proof of my opnion, soon the people will rise.

The "peace' with Egypt was always frozen - this boycott is simply a natural progress from Egypt's hatred of Israel and the Jews (all of which were expelled by Nasser)

A wannabee Israeli book burner culture minister who then blames "the Jews" now this.What other peace moves can be expected?

I don't understand why every one hear keeps mixing between peace and normalization. When you make a deal with a bully not to fight any more that doesn't mean we have to be friends. Specially if that agreement means you can still beat up my little brother! We are at peace with you ppl, we don't want war, but for God's sake leave us alone!

Captive Egyptian people? Seriously? And who says we don't have freedom of speech? Al Ahram is a STATE CONTROLLED paper but private papers are free to write what they want as long as you don't call people names. The only bias we have in our media is that we overlook the previous mentioned rule when it comes to israel and israelis. And how do you judge our freedom of press? Do you know Arabic? Do you read Egyptian news papers? And finally, what is there to talk about? Right and wrong are clear and you knowingly justify wrong. Enough said.

I don't believe some pacifist still think the Arab world will make peace with Israel some day...That's a eutopic dream of the empty-minded....why am I making such a comment? Look at the facts....this boicott is a clear example to those who do have eyes but never see anything.

Why where they ever trusted? We should take the Sinai back, but they'll shout "war crimes"

democracy in Egypt.I mean the money which Mubarak get for beeing the best friend for Israel and US and oppress own people. With billions from US dictators like Mubarak,Assad,King Abdalla and other puppets in near east can guaranty the security for Israel. Obviously Israels security is more importent than democracy in these countries.

... until it gives up the occupied territories including East Jerusalem, and reaches an agreement with the Palestinians that were expelled in 1948. Israel needs such a boycott, because it itself is too much entwined in the Zionist ideology to see clearly what is a just and moral solution.

Israel does not want peace in the Middle East until it achieves its final goal- Greater Israel,the land between the Euphrates and the Nile.All these meetings,agreements, declarations and hand shakes are window dressing. Al Ahram finally woke up and realized what is going on.The rest of the Arab world needs to do the same.

We had a US President who preferred not to talk with our enemies, George Bush. While I generally supported him, this particular policy proved to be self-defeating. With that history right before our very eyes, why would Al Ahram, a news organization after all, adopt such a policy? Other than cutting their readers off from an important news source, what is their goal?

Ari you cannot have it both way. You want peace you work toward peace . The goverment of Israel is been doing all in their power to go the other way!!

Egypt is a dictatorship ,no divergent points of view are tolerated . The media strengthens and encourages such dictatorship by its recent decisions to punish a correspondant that dared talk to the "enemy Israel" Well hope you Egyptians feel more comfortable in the Iranian bear hug ,good luck ,see you in the chaos that will bring .

I know the Arabs aren't a monolith. But do you guys reeeeally want to back Israel into a corner again? Especially when Israel is already backed into a corner with the Iranians? Don't underestimate Israel and/or the Jewish People.

Fear, hate and agression for brave women speaking out and doing the right thing.

1. When Arabs want to hurt their enemy, they mostly hurt themselves. 2. Incapability of acknowledging the other side also have a 'truth'. 3. Denying reality of who needs who most. In short: Weakness.

Too many Israelis will perceive such boycotts as illegitimate and fail to see that they are a legitimate protest against Israeli settlements within the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

decides to boycott Israel and you call for Israel to reoccupy Gaza. May I ask why, surely you mean Sinai?

A real boycott would involve them removing all of their journalists from Israel, but they won't do that. They want the freedom to report from here but will do their damned best to deny any Israeli message from reaching the captive Egyptian people.

This didn't come after the Gaza operation, during which Egypt sealed its border near-hermetically against its Arab brethren. This came after "enlightened" Mr. Housny, the former Egyptian Censor, antisemite, and book burner was not elected as UNESCO chief, obviously a Jewish-Israeli conspiracy. And, strange as though it may seem in the UK, boycotting Israel is more difficult than you think. For a journalist, it's actually quite stupid. Guess I have to cancel my Al-Ahram abo now.,.

Their media has never been anything but corrupt and moribund. Why is this a surprise???

Israel do not trust Egypt. Egypt is your enemy. They always have been acting against Israel.

Some peace. Not much has changed in Cairo since 1948.

I appreciate it that you are willing to take a step back and see the whole picture and wish you happiness, health and wealth.

I agree in that it is not the right decision, but it is difficult to negotiate with your enemy when your enemy does not want to negotiate on any level or platform, way, shape or form.

Once again we are faced with the elite of the Arab world speaking nonsense. They claim that they are reacting to the voting in of Netanyahu in the last Israeli election. So what of the last Egytian election? Can anyone name an Egyptian election in which the President did not receive at least 99% of the vote? For some odd reason this does not bother those cowards at the Egyptian media dwarf Al Ahram. I remember that Al Ahram, who has always displayed a cartoon section filled with Nazi depictions of Jews,(very nasty)after lambasting the Danes for their Mohammed cartoons, immediately took their cartoons down, realizing that they were being watched. Once again a third world grouping is scared to face-off with counterparts who can actually read, unlike the vast population con daily. Linwaite, are you not troubled by the occupation of Northern Ireland, by your glorious troops. Seems should be too ashamed to preach and point fingers at others.

Israel's governement rejected the counsel of its top legal advisor in 1967 advising against Jewish settlement of the Occupied Territories as violation of international law. UN Charter, 4th Geneva Convention abolish war as a means of territorial expansion: ?The evidence strongly suggests that Israel is determined to create facts on the ground amounting to de facto annexation. Annexation of this kind, known as conquest in international law, is prohibited by the Charter of the United Nations and the Fourth Geneva Convention,? he adds, calling for it to be condemned as unlawful annexation. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=8409&Cr=middle&Cr1=east See also "Defending the West" by James Gow, 2005, pg. 50 in Google books. Google "territorial expansion" with "United Nations".

when they talk about "peace" and "normalization". Does Obama know it? Do his supporters in America understand it?

I don't see why Israelis should even talk in Arab tv shows. They are all biased against Israel no matter what they say.

Seeing the Jews next door prosper while Egypt remains stuck in the muck is what fuels what essentially amounts to antisemitism in Egypt.

Wrong move! dialogue should always kept open. You do not negotiate with your friends, you negotiate with your enemies!

of boycotting Israel knows no bounds. No doubt this won't matter and Israelis will wheel out the same old excuses merely dismissing it as a holocaust denial, anti semitism, we should never have signed a peace treaty with Egypt Israel supporters will then point out that they aren't boycotting Sudan, Zimbabwe. North Korea or Iran without understanding the irony of their position. Placing Israel with such enlightened regimes. But one thing for sure the calls for boycotting Israel are becoming louder and more common since Operation Cast Lead. It can even be said it is even becoming an acceptable form of protest. (Unless you are an Israeli or their supporter of course, then I suppose it is not so good).

You have a peace agreement between you. Keep working at it. As for Israel's behavior, not to worry. The balance will be restored. Salaam/Shalom