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MB in International press January 30, 2006

Jordan urged to re-open channels with triumphant Hamas

 The Jordanian government appeared over the past few days under pressure to resume contacts with the hard-line Palestinian group Hamas following its sweeping victory in Wednesday\’s general elections. The authorities
January 30, 2006

Around the Bloc

The banned-but-tolerated Muslim Brotherhood is now the biggest (if unofficial) opposition group in Parliament.
MB in International press January 30, 2006

Political earthquake as Hamas wins landslide

Yet another political earthquake has struck the Middle East. Hamas, standing for the first time in national elections, won a massive landslide victory in Gaza and the West Bank. Hamas
Other Opinions January 30, 2006

Palestinians’ democratic choice must be respected

 Hamas’s triumph in Wednesday’s Palestinian elections is the best news from the Middle East for a long time. The poll was a more impressive display of democracy than any other
Other Views January 30, 2006

’Governing, just that simple’

What’s so hard about it, George W. Bush wonders. Everyone makes governing such a big deal, like it’s complicated or something. They are the ones who make it complicated, with
Other Views January 30, 2006

Arab democracy carries dangers

President Bush’s desire to democratize the Middle East has run into a land mine. But this time the explosion is more of his own making. Democratizing the entire Middle East
Other Views January 30, 2006

WATCHING HAMAS

Shalom Harari is a former Israeli Military Intelligence officer who has been following the rise of Hamas—the Islamic Resistance Movement—for almost a quarter century. An awkward, voluble man of nearly
MB in Arabian pressTorture January 29, 2006

Justice Ministry Admits Torture Cases

For the first time, the government admitted, in an official account submitted to the parliament, torturing accused and imprisoned convicts. Hassan Hamdy, a Muslim Brotherhood’s MP, tabled a question in
Parliament News January 29, 2006

The Brotherhood’s MPs Protest Mustafa’s Expulsion

The Muslim Brotherhood’s MPs withdrew from today’s parliamentary session protesting the Parliament Chairman’s unjustified decision of ejecting Mustafa Muhammad Mustafa of the Brotherhood, after insisting in discussing the status of
Other Opinions January 29, 2006

Hamas’ Victory Sets Precedent for Arab Democracy

‘It is truly the first peaceful change of power of such fundamental proportions in the Arab history’ HAMAS’S stunning Palestinian election victory this week signals that democratic change is possible