Mubarak Intervenes To Soften Press Law

The Egyptian Parliament passed a controversial press law on Monday, shortly after President Hosni Mubarak instructed his government to remove some of the provisions for prison sentences against journalists. Parliament,

War Crimes

Israel’s offensive against peace The 1949 Geneva Conventions state, in article 54 of their additional protocol: “Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited”. It is also “prohibited

Jordan: Ikhwan Says Dissolution of Islamic Center Works Against Charity

Secretary General of the Jordan Islamic Action Front Zaki Bin Rashid said  that the decision issued by the Jordanian Attorney General dissolving the Islamic Charity Center is in the wrong

Crisis in US Media Coverage of Gaza

 One element fueling the current crisis in Gaza is the ongoing failure of US corporate media coverage of Israel/Palestine. US policy, public opinion and mainstream media coverage of Israel/Palestine are

Israel `terrorizing’ entire Palestinian nation, say British Jews

Some 300 prominent British Jews Friday condemned Israel for its brutal invasion of Gaza and urged the UK government to achieve an immediate ceasefire. The Zionist regime is "using its

27 MB Members Detained At a Workshop on Education

The State Security Foces on Saturday July 8, 2006 arrested 27 Muslim Brotherhood members at Ras el Bar, a coastal town near Dameitta on the Mediterranean, about 180 km north of Cairo.

Newspapers Strike In Protest of Publication Law

About 25 daily and weekly newspapers ceased publication Sunday July 9, 2006, in protest of the government’s bill on amendments of publication law.

Protest Erupts In Egypt Over A Gay Movie

Some of Egypt’s lawmakers are taking to the floor of the people’s assembly this week to protest against a new film that might be called the Arab world’s "Brokeback Mountain"

Haneyya Offers Peaceful Initiative To Stop IOF Atrocities

 the PA Prime Minister Ismail Haneyya has launched Saturday an initiative that, in his view, would end the current stand off over the captured Israeli soldier, and to halt all

Two Fabricated Cases for 18 MB Leaderships

The High State Security Prosecution decided to refer to trial 18 MB leaderships on trumped up charges, one of them relates to an MB- run political research office, while the