Egyptian anti-Israel passion was overstated by international press reports

Evidence

Another thing that struck me is that the passion against Israel and against the Jews which one has been led to expect from international press reports is usually lacking, or at least is no greater (and probably less) than before. There is of course a very strong feeling of anxiety at the danger which threatens the very heart of Egypt, and a great feeling of indignation. This indignation is not directed exclusively against the enemy. Often, it is directed against those, in Egypt and elsewhere, who got them into this trouble and who are now preventing them from getting out of it. One of the banners carried by student demonstrators last November read: “Forward, Moshe Dayan!” — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1267

Categorization

• XREF: Directly qualifies Said-adjacent claims about Western production of a monolithic Muslim anti-Western/anti-Jewish sentiment. Uses an on-the-ground observer report as counter-evidence to mediated representation.