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Is President Obama Weak in the Eyes of Arab Leaders?

Neoconservatives are likely to be wrong on any number of issues. But there is one critique of theirs that, somewhat to my dismay, has struck me as more compelling than

Israel rejects international monitors for East Jerusalem demolitions

Senior Israeli officials have rejected the proposal from the EU to deploy international monitors of the occupation authority's demolition of Palestinian-owned buildings in East Jerusalem and the eviction of their

Gaza’s Health Ministry warns of impending disaster

Gaza's Ministry of Health has warned that the blockaded territory will run out of essential dialysis solutions and insulin within the next few days. There are hundreds of patients with

Israel detains another Palestinian parliamentarian in renewed campaign against Hamas

Israel's occupation forces have raided the home of a member of the Palestinian parliament and former Minister of Finance. Local eyewitnesses say that Israeli soldiers broke into the house of

A talk with the Muslim Brotherhood’s Ibrahim Munir

Asharq Al-Awsat- In November 2010, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood achieved a ‘zero result’ in the country’s parliamentary elections, having previously held 88 national seats. As a result, the Brotherhood boycotted

Two Hundred Public Figures Call for Dismissal of Interior Minister

Two hundred public figures signed a statement calling for the dismissal of the Minister of Interior, Al-Adly, achieving the “fair” demands of the Copts after the incident in the Saints

MB leader Ibrahim Munir: I Will Turn to International Court of Justice to Prove Innocence

Ibrahim Munir, the group's representative in Europe and one of the defendants in the International MB Networking Case, said: "I have appealed my sentence before a British court, which will

El-Baradei Downplays Significance of Upcoming Presidential Elections

The political opposition figure, Dr. Mohamed El-Baradei, criticized the electoral system in Egypt and lessoned the importance of the upcoming presidential elections.

Train Attack on Copts Opens Fresh Wounds

An attack on a south bound train Tuesday evening which killed one Copt and injured others Copt's is all Egypt needs following international expressions of concern over the safety of

EOHR Calls for Re-Trials of International MB Networking

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) called for the retrial of 5 MB leaders who received harsh prison terms in case no. 404 of 2009 Supreme State Security, well-known