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Knesset committee recommends law set to arm more settlers

An Israeli Knesset interior committee recommended that Interior Minister Eli Yishai and Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich amend regulations for granting arms to Israeli settlers in the West Bank

Prisoner released in exchange for Shalit video remains in solitary confinement

Linan Abu Ghalma, 28, has been kept in solitary confinement and exposed to other inhumane treatment in the Hasharon prison since her arrest two months back, human rights sources said

Egyptian business faces up to political uncertainty

For many years Egyptian businessmen have struggled with the ups and downs of economic reforms, but one thing they never worried about was who is in charge of the Arab

Blocking An Egyptian Blog On An Emirati Host The Blog Advocates For Reform And Slams

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information said today that pursuing callers of change and democratic reform did not include arbitrary detention , but also reached their sites and blogs

Egyptian Non-Campaign Gets Dirtier: Trying to Smear ElBaradei

As I was enjoying the last three-day weekend of summer (Labor Day here in the US), the Egyptian campaign for the Presidency (which, of course, doesn’t exist, there being no

The case of the Baradei bikini

Mohamed ElBaradei has always expected to face accusations from the Egyptian government, and its supporters, ever since he emerged as a potential candidate in next year’s Egyptian Presidential election.

Robert Fisk: Freedom, democracy and human rights in Syria

Ribal al-Assad doesn't look like the son of a war criminal; fluent English, fluent French, fluent Arabic (of course), fluffy black hair and brown eyes, a youngish 35, Boston graduate,

Disbanding the Palestinian Authority would scupper Israeli strategy

Often at seminal historical junctures the need to venture “outside the box” and think the unthinkable becomes critical.

The regime can fix the elections – but it can’t fix the Egyptian people

As Egypt moves towards its parliamentary elections in November, each day brings fresh evidence of the profound problems now endemic in our political life.

Counselor H.Genena leads the “independents” to a third renewal and nomination for chairing the Judges

Counselor Hesham Genena, vice-chairman of the Court of Cassation and former Secretary-General of the Judges Club has announced his intentions of running again for the presidency of the club.