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Israeli Soldiers use civilians as Human Shields in Beit Hanun

B’Tselem’s initial investigation indicates that, during an incursion by Israeli forces into Beit Hanun, in the northern Gaza Strip, on 17 July 2006, soldiers seized control of two buildings in

Muslim Scholars: Backing Resistance Is A Religious Duty

Daily New York Sun and United Press Agency quoted a fatwa issued by Saudi Mufti sheikh Abdullah Jebreen and Kuwaiti prominent scholar Sheikh Hamed el Aley as prohibiting support of Hizbullah

Thousands Protest In Cairo Supporting Resistance

More than fifty thousands Egyptians from all political colors held a rally at Al Azhar mosque on Friday organized by the Muslim Brotherhood in solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese people. The rally

The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood after the 2005 Elections

Editor’s Note:  Please find below Dr. I. Elad-Altman’s latest analysis of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood after the 2005 elections.  This essay will appear in Volume 4 of Current Trends in

Israeli Children Send Gifts To Lebanese Children

 Israeli children sends gifts to Lebanese children       Israeli girls write messages on a shell at a heavy artillery position near Kiryat Shmona, in northern Israel, next to

Power Ploy

Why three Arab regimes are publicly aligning themselves against Hezbollah and Iran. As Israel and Lebanon spiral into ever-bloodier war, all eyes are on Tel Aviv, Washington, Tehran, and Damascus.

Egyptian Demonstrators Demand Access to Fight Israel: Muslim Brotherhood

The Muslim Brotherhood English-language website Ikhwanweb reports Egyptians demonstrators in Cairo and Dakahlia are requesting that they the borders be opened to let them fight Israel. Muslim Brotherhood executive member

All Hell Breaks Loose in the Middle East

U.S. President George W. Bush and his neoconservative advisers had pledged that after ousting Saddam Hussein they would succeed in transforming "liberated" Iraq into a prosperous democracy that would serve

Ten MB Members Detained For Their Support of Resistance

Security forces on Thursday July 20,2006, arrested ten of  Muslim Brotherhood members in Ismaeliya, a Suez Canal governorate, acussing them of writing some phrases on the street walls which read" Together with

MB Chairman Says Election Is a Crucial vehicle for Reform

MB Chairman Says Election Is a Crucial vehicle for Reform In an interview with two researchers from George Town University Wednesday July 19, 2006, Muslim Brotherhood Chairman Mohamed Mahdi Akef