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UNRWA: Words of sympathy not enough, Gaza needs practical steps to lift siege

John Ging, the director of UNRWA operations in the Gaza Strip, has said that the people of Gaza are in not in need of words of sympathy but rather need tangible action...

Court Annuls Security Guards Presence in Egypt Universities

The first district of the Administrative Judicial Court agreed on Tuesday on the demand to annul the presence of Interior Ministry security guards at Egypt’ Universities...

Democratic advantage in multipolar world

Suggestions that the incoming U.S. administration might abandon a Freedom Agenda that “overpromised and underperformed” may be unnecessarily alarmist. But the Washington Post cautions that while welcoming more humility, caution and realism in foreign policy, “abandoning the promotion and support of democracy as core American goals would be a terrible mistake.”..

POMED: This Week’s Events

Monday, November 24, 2008 All Day: MESA Annual Conference 12:30pm GWU: From Nakhbah to Ghurbah: The Palestinian Diaspora and ..

Religious Freedom in Bahrain?

In the Daily News Egypt, Ron Kampeas writes that Bahrain “is softly encouraging the US-led push for democratization in the Middle East as the means toward stabilization.” In showcasing his country’s commitment to pluralism, last week in New York King Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa invited expatriate Jews to return home to Bahrain, and offered to allocate land for new homes. Adding to his recent philosemitic credentials, the king has also appointed Jews to high level government positions..

Israel-Palestine Deal “Not Possible”

In the Jerusalem Post, Aaron David Miller argues that “an [Israeli-Palestinian] agreement now or perhaps for the foreseeable future that resolves conclusively the four core issues (borders, Jerusalem, refugees and security)” is not possible. He notes that it is nice knowing what a final solution will look like, but that’s not nearly enough to overcome vertiginous levels of political dysfunction on both sides...

POMED Notes: Middle East Institute’s 62nd Annual Conference

On Friday November 21st, the Middle East Institute held its 62nd annual conference entitled, “US Middle East Policy: Pathways to Renewal.” Speakers included Aitzaz Ahsan, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and President of of the..

Khudari: Limited quantities of fuel, food did not change the tragic conditions

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular anti siege committee, on Monday said that the tragic conditions and the people’s suffering in Gaza did not change after the Israeli occupation authority allowed little quantities of fuel and food..

Cairo French Consulate Denies Khaled Hamza Visa to Attend ACHR Meeting in Paris

The Arab Commission for Human Rights (ACHR) denounced the decision by the French Consulate in Cairo to deny ikhwanweb editor Khaled Hamza a visa to attend the ACHR meeting in Paris marking the 60th anniversary of the international declaration of human rights. Hamza, chief editor of the Muslim Brotherhood official English website and an honorary member of the ACHR, received an official invitation to attend the conference and submitted all required documents as instructed by the consulat..

Invitation To A Press Conference On Gaza Deadly Siege

National, populist, party, and syndicate figures invite you to attend a press conference that will be addressing our humanistic, moral, national, and patriotic duty of lifting the mortal siege on Gaza and confronting the disastrous tragedy that has afflicted the people of Gaza. The conference will be held on Tuesday,..

IOA bars Pope’s representative from visiting Gaza for Sunday services

The IOA blocked father Antonio Franco, the representative of the Pope, and his accompanying delegation on Sunday from entering the Gaza Strip to hold Sunday service despite the arrangements made days ago to facilitate their entry...

UNRWA warns of food crisis in Gaza

Karen Abu Zaid, the UNRWA commissioner, on Monday expressed regret for her agency’s’ inability to extend aid to the Gaza Strip inhabitants due to the Israeli siege...

Muslim Brotherhood Deputy Chairman Insists on Palestinians’ Right to Return

In a press statement, MB Vice-Chair Dr. Mohamed Habib confirmed that Palestinians’ right to return to their homelands and restore their possessions is an authentic and legitimate one that should not be compromised, ignored, or violated no matter what...

Communication Accuses Interior Ministry Of Kidnapping Blogger Mohamed Adel

Hassan Karim (lawyer of blogger Mohamed Adel) accused, in a communication which he filed on Sunday to the General Prosecutor, the Interior Ministry of kidnapping blogger Mohamed Adel without any reason, and concealing his place till now, in addition to storming his house last Friday, searching it and seizing his computer without the prosecution’s authorization, and asking his father to hand over everything belonged to Mohammed in the house..

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 of tens of their relatives. ..

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 said. ..

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 expenses to Damietta’s Cancer Institute for the treatment of their fellow lawyer Abdu Sarhan. ..

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 prejudiced eye like one of the best programs I’ve ever seen for those interested in such issues...

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 resistance missiles were still being fired at Israeli targets adjacent to the Strip...

Court Orders Release of MB Media Figures

South Cairo Court at the Fifth Compound ordered release of MB Islamic cleric and Professor of Hadith Abdur-Rahman Al Bar and eight media figures on Sunday, after a plea filed to the prosecutors on Saturday...