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Zionist US President in tizzy over embassy takeover

US President Barack Obama has called on Egypt to protect the Israeli embassy in Cairo, expressing “great concern” over the storming of the embassy by Egyptian demonstrators.

According to a White House statement on Friday, Obama urged Egypt “to honor its international obligations to safeguard the security of the Israeli embassy,” AFP reported.

“The president expressed his great concern about the situation at the embassy, and the security of the Israelis serving there,” the statement said.

Obama also held a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“The president and the prime minister agreed to stay in close touch until the situation is resolved,” the White House statement added.

The Israeli ambassador to Egypt, Yitzhak Levanon, flew out of Cairo a few hours after demonstrators stormed the Israeli embassy.

Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in the early hours of Saturday morning Tel Aviv time and urged Washington to help protect the Israeli embassy.

Egyptian protesters stormed the embassy on Friday, destroying a part of a barricade wall around the building in the process. A state of emergency was declared in Egypt after the incident, and Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf called for a meeting on recent developments in Cairo.

In addition, tens of thousands of Egyptians once again gathered at the iconic Liberation Square in Cairo after Friday prayers to participate in the “Correcting the Path” demonstration and demand that the military government hand over power to a civilian administration.

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