Egypt: State security harasses and arrests 4 petitioners

In an unjustified manner state security raided the houses of 4 citizens and arrested them after they participated in the petition calling for political reform and constitutional amendments in the

UNCHR demands Israel to lift Gaza siege, let probe into its attack on Flotilla

The UN commission for human rights demanded Israel to lift its blockade on the Gaza Strip and invite an independent committee to investigate its deadly raid on the Gaza-bound Freedom

Settlers took over 75 building overlooking the Aqsa Mosque

A human rights organisation revealed that extremist Jewish settlers have so far taken over 75 Palestinian buildings overlooking the Aqsa Mosque, the last of which was the home of Qersh

Zionist plot to demolish 60 homes in northern Jerusalem

It was revealed that the Israeli occupation municipality of Jerusalem intends to demolish 25 buildings in the Eisaweyya neighbourhood to the north of the holy city at the pretext of

…and the yearning for democracy

Different yet linked, Egypt's 1919 and 1952 revolutions were successes that failed to produce democracy. This lacuna must be now filled, writes Wahid Abdel-Meguid

British activist wounded in IOF quelling of weekly non-violent demonstrations

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used tear gas, rubber-coated bullets, and sound bombs to disperse peaceful anti wall demonstrations in central and southern West Bank areas on Friday.

Middle East history buff Hague whitewashes Israel’s villainy on the high seas

My MP, a Foreign Office minister in the shiny new coalition government, has written to me saying he believes the foreign secretary was "extremely fair, tough and statesmanlike" in his

Israeli Handling of the Media Increasingly Brutal

Palestinian activists are being jailed, Israeli activists are under surveillance, and the Israeli military is increasingly targeting journalists who cover West Bank protests.

Cooperation spurned

The Muslim Brotherhood is being squeezed between the official opposition parties and the ruling NDP, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Mubarak’s Regime may be a Victim of its Own Success

By focusing on western demands for economic restructuring – and the personal enrichment that has accompanied it – Egypt’s ruling elites have become almost comically out of touch with their