There was discrepancy between the news published about the celebration of the mulid of Abu Hasera. Al-Qahira wrote that Israel did not cancel the mulid. This statement quoted the Israeli newspapers, which in turn quoted the official statement of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. Al-Gomhoriyya reported that no one attended the mulid, although it said elsewhere that 70 rabbis arrived in Egypt, but only one of them attended the mulid.