Egyptians Tear Down A Wall Protecting the Israeli Embassy

Egyptian military and  policemen stand alert as hundreds of Egyptian activists demolish a concrete wall built around a building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt, September 9, 2011.
Amr Nabil / AP

Cairo, September 9, 2011
Egyptian activists demolish a concrete wall built around a building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo, September 9, 2011. The attack on the protective wall, which had been erected not a week before, trapped a number of Israeli diplomats inside the building and led to the evacuation of the ambassador and several dozen diplomats and their families.

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