Marking Al Quds (or Jerusalem) Day, a Facebook call urges Egyptians to demonstrate en masse at the Israeli embassy in Cairo, demanding the expulsion of the ambassador A Facebook invitation to demonstrate on Friday has been sent out calling for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from Egypt as a response to the killing of Egypt's soldiers last week. It is still unclear who is organising the march and who will participate. So far, hundreds have continued their sit-in in-front of the Israeli embassy, holding to their demand that the Israeli ambassador be expelled. Meanwhile, others are independently planning to demonstrate in several parts of Cairo. The Islamist Amal Party (Labour), on the other hand, will participate in a demonstration to start after Friday prayers at Al-Azhar mosque. Hundreds have already joined the demonstrators in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo, while two demonstrations have started in the governorates of Qalioubiya and Suez. Mostafa Shawqy from the Revolution Youth Coalition and member of the Justice and Freedom youth group says the coalition knows nothing of the call, but several of the Justice and Freedom members are participating anyways in protests in front of the Israeli embassy. To celebrate Al-Quds Day (an annual day of protest against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land), Shawqy says that the coalition, together with Al-Quds International Institute, will host a Ramadan iftar dinner at the Safir Hotel in the Zamalek area of Cairo, with several performances later. Although some parties and organisations confirmed they did not make the call for anti-Israel march, they are still expected to participate in symbolic numbers. The demonstration is expected to take place in the evening after iftar, when Muslims break their daily Ramadan fast. Following the killing of two Egyptian police officers and three soldiers by Israel on Egypt's borders, thousands of Egyptians took the streets in anger demanding that the Israeli ambassador be expelled. An Egyptian young man also climbed 13 floors to bring down the Israeli flag in protest. Hundreds started a sit-in in front of the Israeli embassy on 19 August and tens are still occupying the sidewalks opposite the embassy.
