Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire Wednesday to end eight days of fighting, promising to halt air strikes and rocket attacks… Continue reading
Whenever the Israel-Palestine conflict is in the news, too much ink is wasted over moralizing rather than analyzing… Continue reading
A lot of people have asked the purpose of Israel’s defensive war against Hamas… Continue reading
Focus is everything — knowing what the central problem is, and dealing with it… Continue reading
A short history of democracy in Egypt… Continue reading
So can you write “Arab Spring,” free elections, democracy in Egypt, and such things 100 times?… Continue reading
One of the mantras from Israel’s supposed foreign well-wishers is that the country is now “isolated.” Sure, on the surface this makes sense… Continue reading
A 35-man seemingly bedouin terrorist team invaded an Egyptian army base in eastern Sinai, stole a truck and armored personnel carrier, and tried to crash the Israel border gate… Continue reading
Prior to Egypt’s presidential elections, Islamists made clear that the electoral process was an obligatory form of “holy war”… Continue reading
The interesting news was not that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was pelted with stuff while visiting Cairo, the important issue was who was doing the pelting… Continue reading
Although it isn’t official, the first two articles of Egypt’s new Constitution have been reportedly drafted by the committee of parliamentarians charged with that task… Continue reading
According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt’s Great Pyramids… Continue reading
An interesting and important question about the Middle East is whether being in power or running in an election inevitably moderates those who are radicals… Continue reading
What is being dubbed as Egypt’s “first sex-slave marriage” took place mere days after the Muslim Brotherhood’s Muhammad Morsi was made president… Continue reading
It is impossible for the moment to say what’s going to happen in Egypt. But there are two basic scenarios… Continue reading
Egypt’s longtime banned Muslim Brotherhood has just won the nation’s presidency, in the name of its candidate, Muhammad Mursi… Continue reading
Muhammad al-Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, has become president of Egypt. But what does it mean to be president of Egypt?… Continue reading
Egyptian and foreign observers alike marveled at a level of nationalist fervor and mass mobilization rarely seen before… Continue reading
The Press Syndicate issued a warning to a NDP member for violating its ban on contact with Israelis by meeting September 14 with the Israeli Ambassador in her office… Continue reading
The future of Egypt’s indigenous Christians, the Copts, looks bleak… Continue reading
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