Failed March to Gaza was pure absurdity exposing the lefts impotent rage

When gray-haired white liberals take to America’s streets for “No Kings” protests, the only danger they’re exposing themselves to is ridicule.But what happens when progressive protesters head to a foreign war zone?Last weekend, the “Global March to Gaza” found out.Thousands came from wealthy European countries like Ireland and Luxembourg, joined by activists from the developing world as well.They planned to get into Gaza through Egypt, evading Israel’s blockade — but it was the Egyptians who stopped the marchers.It turns out the locals did not take kindly to strangers involving themselves in the life-or-death politics of the neighborhood.Egyptian authorities confiscated passports and phones, arrested some of the marchers and gave them all the chilliest of receptions despite the desert heat.Nor were the police the only ones giving the wealthy white would-be saviors of Palestine a hard time — throngs of ordinary Egyptians shouted abuse and tussled with the clueless do-gooders.In Gaza itself, the marchers could have suffered far worse.A similar effort is already in serious trouble hundreds of miles away: 1,000 protesters from North Africa are held up in Libya, where France24 reports they have “no access to food, water or medicine and communications severely disrupted” and organizers say they are under “systemic siege.”Those pro-Palestinian activists hail from places like Algeria, Mauretania, Morocco and Tunisia — now imagine the pasty faces from the “No Kings” crowd in that situation.Egypt seems almost like Madison, Wis., by comparison — and Gaza makes even Libya seem tame.Getting packed onto buses and deported from Egypt is the kindest thing that could happen to European leftists trying to tour a war zone.Protests are inane enough in the West, but when Antifa isn’t around and they don’t devolve into riots against law enforcement, they’re a safe recreational activity for liberals who want to pretend they’re “doing something.�...

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