The actual title of the NYT story: "Protest Is Muted as Egypt Levels Border Area in Sinai".
CAIRO — Egyptian officials faced little popular backlash on Thursday after the military demolished dwellings and displaced thousands of people in a town bordering the Gaza Strip, suggesting the government still enjoyed wide latitude from the public to pursue a muscular anti-insurgency campaign, though it has delivered mixed results at best.
The demolitions, which began on Wednesday, are part of a government plan to create a buffer zone on the border that the authorities assert will curb the flow of weapons and militants. The plan had been discussed for more than a year, and was finally implemented after a militant attack last week that killed at least 31 Egyptian soldiers.
Residents of Rafah, the border town, said they were surprised by the speed with which they were ordered to abandon their homes.
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EGYPT ARMY orders GAZANS out of homes for buffer zone
Rafah in SHOCK
GOAL- move 10,000 GAZANS
#BDS - ANY COMMENTS? pic.twitter.com/JJGMAyIAoG
— Abraham ben Jacob (@coinabs) November 1, 2014Egypt Flattens Palestinian Neighborhoods, expels 10,000 to Create a Buffer With Gaza...not one word from @KenRoth @unhrcpr #BDS muppets
— mallen (@mallen2010) November 1, 2014Awkward. #BDS #FreePalestine #BlockTheBoat silence with Egypt demolishing Pal homes and evicting 1000s #hypocrites #losers
— mallen (@mallen2010) November 2, 2014
