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Khudari calls for forming international pressure groups to end siege on Gaza

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, called during a rally held in front of the Israeli embassy in New York for forming pressure groups

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

Euro-MP details assault by Israeli security forces, rips West’s boycott of Hamas

The assault on Chris Davies, Liberal Democrat party spokesman for the environment for the northwest of Britain and a member of the European Union’s parliamentary delegation to the Palestinian Legislative

What “Change” In America Really Means

My first visit to Texas was in 1968, on the fifth anniversary of the assassination of president John F Kennedy in Dallas. I drove south, following the line of telegraph

AQ and IT

Last week I was invited to give a talk about the likely impact of trends in information technology on al-Qaeda. I thought I would put at least few of the

Window of Opportunity

Shadi Hamid, POMED’s Director of Research, argues at Democracy Arsenal that Barack Obama has a window of opportunity to change the region by committing to “real support for democracy and

The Kefaya Movement

Kefaya, also known as the Egyptian Movement for Change, was an indigenous movement for political reform organized in late 2004 in opposition to the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

Lawyers Worry Over Receivership

In a statement to Ikhwanweb, Mr. Gamal Tag El Din (spokesperson of the Committee o Islamic Shariah at the Bar Association) said that the Bar is waylaid and that some

Brigadier General & 51 Soldiers Released After Abducted In Sinai

Sinai Bedouins released Brigadier General Hasan Kamil; a leader of Anti-Riot Police in Rafah, and 51 soldiers after abducting them Wednesday dawn from the security point of Wadi El Arzaq

Brotherhood And Independents Boycott Internal PA Elections

Dr. Mohamed Saad El Katatni (head of the MB parliamentary bloc) announced that both Muslim Brotherhood and independent MPs stayed away from the internal parliamentary elections that took place on