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More on Obama and the Middle East

It can’t be avoided so let’s make it quick. First, Scott MacLeod at Time Magazine’s Middle East Blog writes on Rahm Emanuel and his potential influence on Obama’s Middle East

POMED Notes: “Arab Youth Between Hope and Disillusionment”

Yesterday afternoon, the Brookings Institution hosted an event featuring Ahmed Younis, Senior Analyst at the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies; Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Nonresident Guest Scholar at Brookings; and Tamara Cofman

Hamas: Abbas’s speech full of contradictions, reflects ill will

The Hamas Movement on Tuesday described PA chief Mahmoud Abbas’s speech on the 4th anniversary of late PA chief Yasser Arafat’s death as hollow and full of contradictions that attempted

Ging calls for opening Gaza crossings, warns of worsening humanitarian crisis

The director of UNRWA operations in Gaza Strip John Ging on Tuesday said that all Gaza crossings should be opened and warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the beleaguered

Katatni Elected Chairman After Brotherhood Bloc Elections

Dr. Mohamed Saad El Katatni was elected chairman of the bloc after gaining 51% of the MB MP votes (40 votes) with whom MP Sobhi Saleh 16 votes) was about

Arrest Warrant Against Twelve Participants in MB MP Conference

Ministry of Interior issued arrest warrants against twelve citizens while participating in the mass conference organized by the Brotherhood MP Dr. Farid Ismael in Faqous of Sharqyia governorate.

Five MB From Kafr El Sheikh Released After Four Months In Custody

North Cairo Court ordered the release of five Muslim Brotherhood members from Kafr El Sheikh on Monday November 11th after spending more than four months in Wadi EL Natroun.

IOA allows limited fuel supplies into Gaza

The Israeli occupation authority on Tuesday allowed limited shipments of fuel into the Gaza Strip to operate the power station, which came to a complete halt last night due to

UNRWA: Cutting off fuel supplies to Gaza collective punishment

Sami Misha’sha’, the UNRWA spokesman in Gaza, has criticized the use of fuel as a political pressure card by the Zionist government against the Gaza Strip.

World Complicit in Gaza Genocide, says Mohamed Morsi

Dr. Mohamed Morsi, member of the Executive Bureau of Muslim Brotherhood, blamed Arab and international regimes for the aggravating plight in the Gaza Strip, stressing that the darkness imposed on