The campaign against dictatorship in the Arab world has brought together some strange bedfellows.

Arab countries, particularly Egypt, are witnessing tension and serious incidents which threaten to shake the unity of the people, and specifically in Egypt.

The Israel I live in today is a country where at least half the population is cut off from full-participation in society because of an impenetrable wall of racism and

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

Richard Lightbown argues that whatever Israel does when the Mavi Marmara sets sail for Gaza on the first anniversary of the murder of aid workers by Israeli commandos aboard the

Some Israeli officials have voiced surprise at revelations published by Wikileaks showing that the Egyptian military continues to view the apartheid Israeli regime as the primary strategic threat facing Egypt.

WikiLeaks' unprecedented release of classified material "is embarrassing U.S. leaders and their foreign counterparts alike," according to the Huffington Post.

In this extended two-part interview Hamdan engages in an in-depth discussion of the party's affairs, policies and interests. This dialogue follows Manuela Paraipan's recently published interview with Hamas leader Khaled

Egyptians are struggling to make ends meet, and Egypt can no longer boast of being the foremost political, economic and cultural country in the Middle East.

Dr. Essam El-Erian, the Brotherhood's media spokesman and member of the Executive Bureau, described statements made by Ahmed Ezz, the NDP's Secretary for Organisational Affairs, during the seventh annual conference