Egyptians break into Israel Embassy in Cairo

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Nothing yet. Mark just used it to say something nasty to me

####### does international law have to do with this "incident"?

[mawilson 2,133]

####### does international law have to do with this "incident"?

Host countries have an obligation under international law to protect diplomatic property and personnel.

[Dan and Judy 614]

The people who did this are criminals and should be treated harshly as such.

Egypt probably dosnt have a law against breaking into the Israeli embassy

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

There were reports that the police stood by and watched them take apart the wall around the Israeli embassy.

Edited September 13, 2011 by Why_Me

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Host countries have an obligation under international law to protect diplomatic property and personnel.

Those are Egyptians in the OP photo protecting the Israeli embassy are they not?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

There were reports that the police stood by and watched them take apart the wall around the Israeli embassy.

Well, when Egyptians always seem to drown in the Sinai when dealing with the Israelis, you can expect them to risk their lives needlessly, do you?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

It's a little late for that now, isn't it? Give them a slap on the bum for non-compliance.

Host countries have an obligation under international law to protect diplomatic property and personnel.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Egypt probably dosnt have a law against breaking into the Israeli embassy

They were probably a signatory to the conventions at one time, but things have changed a little since then . . .

[mawilson 2,133]

Those are Egyptians in the OP photo protecting the Israeli embassy are they not?

Yeah, after Obama called them and asked to help.

[slim 1,530]

Obama, FTW!

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

The people who did this are criminals and should be treated harshly as such.

It seems they are being treated as criminals:

Egypt's military police has arrested 92 protesters for attacking and storming the Israeli embassy, bringing the arrest toll to 111.

...

Egypt's ruling military council told the state-run media agency, MENA, that the general prosecution is interrogating the suspects, who will later stand trial in the High State Security emergency court.

The emergency courts have jurisdiction under the emergency laws imposed by the ousted regime, who abused the laws against citizens and was one of the factors that set the scene for Egypt's January 25 Revolution.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContent/1/64/20920/Egypt/Politics-/New-round-of-arrests-for-Israeli-embassy-attack-in.aspx

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I'm surprised Israel waited this long to evacuate the embassy - you'd think they'd have gotten their people out of there when the revolution started.

It is being reported that Egypt had already warned Israel to keep its ambassador at home, due to the public's anger over Israel's killing of the 6 Egyptian security officers (one died of his injuries on Sunday) and refusal to apologize:

On the eve of the attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, Egypt asked Israel to keep its ambassador at home on "a long vacation," according to a report Sunday on the website of the Egyptian daily, Al-Ahram. The report quotes a senior Egyptian source as saying that the request came in order to avoid a situation of further tension and escalation, amid fears that the Egyptian mob may seek to attack the embassy.

The senior Egyptian source said, however, that the Israeli government insisted on sending the ambassador back to Cairo as soon as possible. "Afterwards, we were forced to turn to the Americans in order to rescue the ambassador from Cairo," the source commented.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/report-israeli-ambassador-was-advised-to-stay-home-on-eve-of-cairo-embassy-attack-1.383847

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Those are Egyptians in the OP photo protecting the Israeli embassy are they not?

And it was Egyptian commandos who rescued the six Israeli personnel who remained inside the embassy - all security guards, according to Israeli reports.