IOA keeps Gaza borders shut for 19th day

The Israeli war minister, Ehud Barak, decided at an early hour on Sunday to retain all Gaza Strip’s commercial crossings closed for the 19th consecutive day at the pretext that

Egypt: one blogger disappeared and another still in custody despite court order

Blogger Mohammad Adel who runs the blog Maeit (already dead!)disappeared since Friday, November 21, 2008. As reported by Wael Abbas on Twitter, Adel was supposedly going to meet with an

MESA 2008

The annual Middle East Studies Assocation meeting is coming to DC tomorrow. I was on the program committee this year, focusing on political science, and this looks to my admittedly

’Lives at risk’ from Gaza fuel cuts

Patients at the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip could die if Israel continues to prevent fuel and essential supplies to the territory, doctors have told Al Jazeera.

President Is Not Entitled To Refer Civilians To Military Tribunals, Says MB Attorney

Muslim Brotherhood Chief Attorney Abdul-Monem Abdul-Maqsoud said that the President is not entitled to refer civilians to a military tribunal.

Lawyers Protest Against IJC Denial Of Medical Expenses For Lawyer

During their protest last Saturday before the Bar Association in Cairo, lawyers of Damietta threatened to sit in because the Interim Judicial Council (IJC) refused to pay EGP 40.000 medical

Sinai Bedouins Call For Impeachment of Officers Who Stimulated Sinai Clashes

Sinai Bedouins called for judicial procedures against those officers who inspired the clashes in Sinai after the killing of four Bedouins at the hands of the security forces, Ikhwanweb reporter

Villagers Call On Prosecutor General To Release Their Detainees

Scores of the inhabitants of Samallut village (at the governorate of Miniya) and April 6 Youth movement demonstrated last Saturday before the Prosecutor General’s Office downtown Cairo against the arrest

Iran Moderate Sunni Group Says It Still Endorses MB Ideology

Iranian Sunni Group of Da`wah and Reform released a statement refuting the news reported by Al-Zaman newspapers in Iraq claiming the group renounced the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Nobel laureate to UN: Suspend Israel’s membership

The Nobel peace prize laureate Mairead Maguire has called on the United Nations to suspend or to revoke Israel’s membership in the international organization for ignoring a series of UN