Posted on Mon, February 28, 2011 at 00:14 am CET
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Egypt’s Future Starts Coming Into Focus: There’s Good News and Bad News

Is this the long-awaited Arab Spring of Democracy or is it a stealth Islamist revolution? Every country is different and most governments other than… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Copts • Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Global Islam • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, February 27, 2011 at 02:54 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Egyptian Society “Radicalized”, “Violence” between Muslims and Copts Regular Occurrence

Wael Aboul Magd told the delegation that “societal violence” between Muslims and Copts is a regular occurrence, but Naga Hamadi had forced Egyptian society to… Continue reading

Topics: Copts • Egypt • Global Islam • Muslim Brotherhood • Sunni Islam • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, February 26, 2011 at 19:15 pm CET
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Persecution of Christians Begins in “Democratic” Egypt

Once the revolution began, Egypt’s Christians knew precisely what to expect. It isn’t that the regime of Husni Mubarak protected them so well from… Continue reading

Topics: Christianity • Copts • Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Global Jihad • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Sharia Law 
Posted on Fri, February 25, 2011 at 01:57 am CET
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Egypt’s Revolution: The More They Reassure Us, The More We Worry

I think I was the first person to warn that the Egyptian revolution wasn’t all roses but also had a dangerous amount of thorns… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Hamas • Islamism • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jasmine Revolution • Libya War • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Thu, February 24, 2011 at 19:34 pm CET
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Hamas Tries to Exploit the Egyptian Revolution

Hamas tries to take advantage of the events in Egypt and its ties with the Muslim Brotherhood to improve its standing with the Egyptian government and to… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Wed, February 23, 2011 at 20:27 pm CET
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Hamas’ Ismail Haniya Invites Sheikh Yussef al-Qaradawi to Visit the Gaza Strip

Ismail Haniya, head of the de facto Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip, invited Sheikh Yussef al-Qardawi, who recently returned to Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Wed, February 23, 2011 at 00:59 am CET
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Egypt: The Most Moderate Democracy Advocate Speaks and Says a Lot

There is no more courageous, sincere, and moderate person in Egypt than the blogger who is known as Sandmonkey. He faced serious harassment… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Hamas • Islamism • Israel 
Posted on Mon, February 21, 2011 at 21:59 pm CET
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My Adventures with NPR: A Case Study of Media as Political Warfare Operation

Here’s an experience that I think is very revealing. I was asked by an NPR program to be interviewed on the situation in Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Media Bias • The Media • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, February 21, 2011 at 14:18 pm CET
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Egypt Criticizes U.S. Veto in UNSC

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Saturday in which it criticized the U.S. veto of a UN draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Gaza and Westbank • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • United Nations • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, February 21, 2011 at 00:17 am CET
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Egypt: Escaped Hezbollah Terrorist Participated in Hezbollah Rally in Beirut

Sami Shihab, a Hezbollah operative who escaped from an Egyptian prison, participated in a Hezbollah rally in Beirut. His network infiltrated… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Egypt • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Lebanon • Sudan • Syria 
Posted on Sun, February 20, 2011 at 17:18 pm CET
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Iran and the post-Mubarak “New Middle East”

Iran’s conservative media gave extensive coverage of President Mubarak’s resignation, claiming that the fall of the Egyptian president heralds the dawn of… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, February 20, 2011 at 02:16 am CET
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Egypt Licenses First Moderate Islamic Party

An Egyptian court has licensed a moderate Islamic party Saturday after its application for legal status was turned down four times by the former Egyptian… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Sat, February 19, 2011 at 01:09 am CET
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Israel on High Alert for Iranian Warships’ Suez Transit Carrying Missiles for Hizballah

Cairo’s approval Friday, Feb. 18 for two Iranian warships to transit the Suez Canal on their way to the Mediterranean has brought Israel and Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Hezbollah • Iran • Israel • Saudi Arabia • Syria • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, February 19, 2011 at 00:16 am CET
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Egypt: Qaradawi Tries to Take Charge of the Revolution

Let history show that neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post reported on the return of the world’s single most important Islamic cleric to Cairo… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Fri, February 18, 2011 at 06:24 am CET
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Egypt Gets Its Khomeini: Qaradawi Returns in Triumph

Friday, February 18 may be a turning point in Egyptian history. On this day Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the best-known Muslim Brotherhood cleric in the world and… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Zionism • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Thu, February 17, 2011 at 20:51 pm CET
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U.S. Intelligence at Work: Iranian Warships? Yeah, I Heard Something About That

Following on the theme that the Muslim Brotherhood is a secular organization and that U.S. intelligence gets its breaking information from CNN, we have… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Iran • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, February 17, 2011 at 17:54 pm CET
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Ex-Muslim Brotherhood Moderate Warns About…the Muslim Brotherhood

This is really interesting. All along we have been told that there is a moderate faction in the Muslim Brotherhood. And there… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Wed, February 16, 2011 at 23:23 pm CET
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Two Iranian warships transit Suez for Syria, tighten siege on Israel

Twenty-four hours after Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the Egyptian upheaval had no military connotations for… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Iran • Israel 
Posted on Wed, February 16, 2011 at 22:08 pm CET
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Egypt: Supreme Council of Armed Forces hopes to Transfer Power to Elected President

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said it hopes to end its mission and transfer power in the next six months to a civilian authority and a president… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution 
Posted on Wed, February 16, 2011 at 19:53 pm CET
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Palestinians Celebrate Mubarak’s Resignation

The Egyptian’s president’s resignation was jubilantly received in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip. Demonstrators marched in Ramallah holding placards… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Gaza and Westbank • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Palestinian Authority 
Posted on Tue, February 15, 2011 at 21:40 pm CET
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What Next in Egypt? A Detailed Assessment

The Egyptian political situation has now entered a new phase. The first order of business is to write a new constitution, a process that should take months… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Tue, February 15, 2011 at 03:51 am CET
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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Khamenei Calls for Iran-style Islamic State

Egypt’s main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, have rejected calls by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for an Islamic Revolution similar to… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Iran • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Shi'ism 
Posted on Tue, February 15, 2011 at 00:28 am CET
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Egypt: 6th Statement of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces

Egypt’s Military released a statement Monday to persuade Egyptians to end the demonstrations and strikes that culminated last… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution 
Posted on Mon, February 14, 2011 at 19:58 pm CET
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Address by PM Netanyahu to the European Friends of Israel Conference in Jerusalem 2011

It’s very good to see all of you, to welcome you in Jerusalem. It is a great city that has great significance for each of your countries and for Europe… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • China • Egypt • Europe • Global Islam • Greece • Islamic Countries • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jordan • Peace Process • The Middle East 
Posted on Mon, February 14, 2011 at 18:28 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Egypt Not Cracking Down on Gaza Smuggling

ISA Director Diskin said the ISA had provided detailed information on smuggling networks, but the Egyptians had failed to take action… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Israel • United States of America • WikiLeaks