00:10: The call for Jihad. Demonstrations after Friday prayers at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University Mosque.

00:25: The angry crowd is calling for Arab leaders to let them enter holy war against Israel.

00:37: Speaker 1: I say Ariel Sharon and the Jews do not believe that Allah can see what they are doing.

00:45: Speaker 2: Armed with the Quran we are ready for battle. There is no God but Allah. Muslims will triumph.

00:57: At anti-Israel and anti-Semitic demonstrations in the Arab world, there is only mockery and derision for US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s Far East investigation mission.

01:14: At the Al-Azhar Mosque, Mohammed Sajid-Dardai, the most important Islamic cleric in Egypt, honours the suicide bombers of Hamas. Each one is declared a martyr of Allah in the fight against Israeli aggressors. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar, preaches the sheikh.

01:41: Mohammed Sajid-Dardai: All of you who follow the word of Mohammed, peace be with you – power is life. The power that Allah loves cannot relinquish holy places. Weakness means death.

02:08: 1,555 Israeli civilians have been murdered by Arabs since 1948, the year of its founding. 470 of them have been killed since September 2000, the beginning of the second “Intifada”. The battle is over, and the corpse counting beings. The Palestinians and their allies mourn the civilians killed by the Israeli army in Jenin. One such ally is Essam el-Erian, an influential member of the banned Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

02:51: Essam el-Erian (English): People don’t have the weapons to fight against the tanks and Apache helicopters. If they have no weapons, then they have to blow themselves up, turns themselves into bombs. If they have weapons however, they can fight.

03:11: Weapons seized by the Israeli army in occupied Palestinian Territories, now showcased at the Jerusalem Press Centre. This is Sharon’s loot from his anti-terrorist campaign. In the eyes of his enemies, Sharon is a bloodsucking caricature.

03:37: Among Egypt’s youth anti-American sentiment is growing. Police are using water cannons and tear gas on the Cairo campus. The uproar threatens to get out of control. But the Mubarak regime supports the youth’s concerns when it benefits its foreign policy. Namely in the criticism of US foreign policy, which Egypt views as too Israel-friendly.

04:11: Speaker 3 (English): We want rights for Palestinians, that’s all we want.

04:20: Anti-Israel sentiment is also a good distraction technique for the Egyptian government, allowing it to divert attention from the country’s economic woes and domestic instability. The secret police have kept a lid on the number of radical Islamists following the terror attacks of the 90s. Omnipresent tourist police create a sense of security for the tourist during their stay. Supported, as ever, by enterprising souvenir traders.

04:59: Speaker 4: There are too many tourist police. It is for the safety and security of the tourist and also for the Egyptians.

05:11: Welcome to Egypt. The dream was that after the Israeli-Egypt peace agreement, Israelis would start vacationing in the land of the pyramids. The dream was soon over. Today Islamist hardliners are breaking ties with Israel.

05:29: Essam el-Erian (English): All contracts must now be terminated. Sharon’s policy is not only detrimental to Palestinians, but also to Egyptians and all Arab governments.

05:45: In Cairo’s Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Egypt’s political science elite analyse the core issue of the conflict.

05:57: Speaker 5: Three issues in particular stand out. Firstly Palestinian refugees, secondly the status of Jerusalem, and thirdly the creation of Palestinian state with full sovereignty. For the Israelis one thing is impossible to accept – the right of Palestinian refugees to return to Palestine.

06:30 And already radical peace opponents have used this open a new front in southern Lebanon.

06:58 Nevertheless, the Egyptian leadership sees peace with Israel as a guarantor for the security of Egypt.