To add further context, Egypt had been peace with Israel for over thirty years when this happened to Logan. Nevertheless, there are less than a dozen openly practicing Jews living there. Antisemitism, like the rest of the Middle East, is everywhere in Egypt. Egyptians call each other Jews like Americans call each other assholes. Every Egyptian religious figure or politician demonizes Israel, blaming Jews and Israelis for all of their problems, despite the fact that no Jews live there, and they've had peace with Israel for decades.
Denial of Middle Eastern antisemitism helps nobody. Failing to factor it into your mental model of how the world works means that you are delusional, and live in a fantasy world. Nobody should take anything you say seriously.
The second the mob heard she was Jewish, they tried to rape her to death.
Lara Logan on 60 Minutes describing her brutal mob assault in Tahrir Square, 2011.
She was reporting on the celebrations of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation when the crowd turned on her. They tore her clothes off and sexually assaulted and violently violated her for 20 to 30 minutes with their hands, over and over.
The frenzy exploded the moment someone screamed she was Jewish and Israeli. Then all they wanted was to rape her, beat her, and rip her apart.
This is what that hatred looks like in action. October 7 was not a surprise.
Watch her full account.