Egyptian Activists Doubt Integrity of Polls

Director of the Arab Network for Human Rights Information Gamal Eid cautioned the limitations forced on opposition candidates in Egypt. Additional though unjust rights were granted by the Egyptian government

Israel’s Jerusalem municipality announces new settlement projects in city

-- The Israeli occupation's Jerusalem municipality announced Monday bids to build around a thousand new settlement units in Jebel Abu Ghunaim, south Jerusalem.

Israeli conference to discuss allocating Jordan as state for Palestinians

-- Netherlands MP Geert Wilders, known for his hostility against Islam, is scheduled to attend a conference in Israel to discuss a plan to turn Jordan into a national homeland

Israel to establish 11 new villages in Negev

The Israeli housing ministry announced a new scheme to judaize the Negev, south of Palestine occupied in 1948, that envisages establishing 11 new villages in the area from Beersheba to

The Elusive Myth of Democratic Egyptian Elections

Later this month, Egyptians will go to the polls, or attempt to, in order to vote in the country’s parliamentary elections.

Hamas asks Germany to exert practical efforts to end Gaza siege

-- Ayman Taha, a Hamas leader, asked German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle, who visited Gaza Strip for a few hours on Monday, to turn his words on lifting the Gaza

Election Commission Sets Candidate List

The High Elections Commission in Egypt announced the list of 5720 accepted parliamentary candidates who submitted applications from Wednesday through to Sunday. The total, which included 132 women, are expected

Religious affairs ministry warns of upcoming ideological war

-- Palestine’s religious affairs ministry in Gaza warned the Israeli government’s announcement to relaunch the Jerusalem 2020 project, which would reduce the city’s Palestinian population to 20 per cent, could

Over 450 Lawyers submit papers to oversee elections

Dr Mohamed Morsy, member of the Executive Bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood and media spokesman of the group as well as head of the Elections Committee stressed that during the

Egypt: More than 100 women to contest parliamentary polls

Over 100 women are vying for seats in the Egyptian parliamentary elections slated for November 28. According to the state-run High Elections Commission of the 5,720 candidates competing for seats