After participating in clashes aboard the Mavi Marmara, Mohammed Beltagy is now taking a beating of his own in the Egyptian media.
Because he talked about it on TV. YNet News explains:
This admission of employing force against IDF soldiers has evoked a media storm among Egyptian columnists, who claim this was a "public relations gift to Israel."
Under the headline "The Muslim Brotherhood's Gift to Israel," columnist Abdullah Kamal criticized Beltagy's admission. "He said that he and those with him on the ship overtook three Israeli commando soldiers who had broken onto the ship and took control of their weapons. He boasted of this without understanding that he is granting Israel a massive, recorded gift that it will gain benefit from in the commission of inquiry it will carry out following the massacre." . . .
The daily newspaper el-Gomhuriah also did not spare the parliament member. "This is dangerous talk that serves Israel."
It's funny to watch state-controlled media toe the line to prevent eyewitnesses from getting in the way of their storyline.
