October 2000 Rioting in Cairo
In my latest book, Arrival of the Gods in Egypt, I wrote:
While writing this book, I looked online for documentation of the rioting in Cairo and found none. I also could not find documentation supporting a declaration of war by Israel. However, I did find information saying that peace talks had been in progress at the time. Perhaps declarations of war had been threatened during the peace talks.
I did find archived articles by the London Times. One article, dated Monday, October 2, 2000, said that Israeli troops had killed a ten-year-old boy the day before, which was the day I flew out of Cairo. Evidently, his death was the 28th Muslim fatality in only four days. He was also the third child killed in that short time. I can see why people in Egypt would be outraged.
