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Four Muslim Brothers Detained

The Ministry of Interior issued detention decisions against four Muslim Brotherhood members in the Nile Delta governorate of Al-Sharqiyya after arresting them last Friday from an MP rally...

Khudari calls for forming international pressure groups to end siege on Gaza

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, called during a rally held in front of the Israeli embassy in New York for forming pressure groups in all parts of the world in order to force Israel to end its unjust siege on the Gaza Strip. ..

More on Obama and the Middle East

It can’t be avoided so let’s make it quick. First, Scott MacLeod at Time Magazine’s Middle East Blog writes on Rahm Emanuel and his potential influence on Obama’s Middle East policy; Second, James Brazier at the Diplomatic Courier, offers his take on how the U.S. should play the “Saudi-Iranian Cold War” ..

Euro-MP details assault by Israeli security forces, rips West’s boycott of Hamas

The assault on Chris Davies, Liberal Democrat party spokesman for the environment for the northwest of Britain and a member of the European Union’s parliamentary delegation to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), has delivered a firm message to the European Parliament. Davies was assaulted when he was taking part, together with several Israelis, Palestinians and people from other countries, in a protest rally against the separation barrier that divides Palestinian farmers from th..

Window of Opportunity

Shadi Hamid, POMED’s Director of Research, argues at Democracy Arsenal that Barack Obama has a window of opportunity to change the region by committing to “real support for democracy and democrats in the Middle East.” He notes that “for the first time in recent memory, Arabs and Muslims are cheering on an American president” in the hopes that the U.S. will clearly support human rights and political reform in the region...

Brigadier General & 51 Soldiers Released After Abducted In Sinai

Sinai Bedouins released Brigadier General Hasan Kamil; a leader of Anti-Riot Police in Rafah, and 51 soldiers after abducting them Wednesday dawn from the security point of Wadi El Arzaq at the international mark no. 19 on the Egyptian borders 18km south of the land exit of Rafah...

Brotherhood And Independents Boycott Internal PA Elections

Dr. Mohamed Saad El Katatni (head of the MB parliamentary bloc) announced that both Muslim Brotherhood and independent MPs stayed away from the internal parliamentary elections that took place on Wednesday...

Haneyya government: Abbas’s speech proved his irresponsibility

The Palestinian caretaker government headed by premier Ismail Haneyya strongly denounced the speech made Tuesday by PA chief Mahmoud Abbas which included misinformation and deception, saying that his speech was prepared by a group of liars and proved his irresponsibility...

Maat deplores the events of bullying against the party "Nour Ghad"

Maat foundation for peace, development and human rights followed the incidents of partisan bullying which newspapers said that it belongs to split leaders on the Ghad Party and its the prisoner leader, Ayman Nour, and the thugs broke into "Nour" office provisional headquarters of the Ghad Party and a number of political forces, and setting fire and destroying a number of existing businesses buildings one of them Grube Branch, in Talaat Harb Square...

Vice Dean Assaults Students … University Blockaded

Unprecedentedly, six security vehicles blockaded the Faculty of Engineering in Al Matareyya on Tuesday, November 11, from 8am until the end of the academic day. Then a self inspection was set for all the students, leading to crowd in the street, and the students’ delay for entering the university. The students were irritated, and two of them objected on the delay and inspection, and so, their ID cards were taken. The two students are: Yaser Zakareyya Mohamed and Mohamed Ibrahim Zakarey..

More on Obama and the Middle East

It can’t be avoided so let’s make it quick. First, Scott MacLeod at Time Magazine’s Middle East Blog writes on Rahm Emanuel and his potential influence on Obama’s Middle East policy; Second, James Brazier at the Diplomatic Courier, offers his take on how the U.S. should play the “Saudi-Iranian Cold War” under an ..

POMED Notes: “Arab Youth Between Hope and Disillusionment”

Yesterday afternoon, the Brookings Institution hosted an event featuring Ahmed Younis, Senior Analyst at the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies; Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Nonresident Guest Scholar at Brookings; and Tamara Cofman Wittes, Senior Fellow at the Saban Center at Brookings. The discussion was moderated by Navtej Dhillon, Director of the Middle East Youth Initiative at the Wolfensohn Center for Development at Brookings..

Hamas: Abbas’s speech full of contradictions, reflects ill will

The Hamas Movement on Tuesday described PA chief Mahmoud Abbas’s speech on the 4th anniversary of late PA chief Yasser Arafat’s death as hollow and full of contradictions that attempted to raise the public opinion against Hamas...

Ging calls for opening Gaza crossings, warns of worsening humanitarian crisis

The director of UNRWA operations in Gaza Strip John Ging on Tuesday said that all Gaza crossings should be opened and warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the beleaguered Strip...

Arrest Warrant Against Twelve Participants in MB MP Conference

Ministry of Interior issued arrest warrants against twelve citizens while participating in the mass conference organized by the Brotherhood MP Dr. Farid Ismael in Faqous of Sharqyia governorate...

Five MB From Kafr El Sheikh Released After Four Months In Custody

North Cairo Court ordered the release of five Muslim Brotherhood members from Kafr El Sheikh on Monday November 11th after spending more than four months in Wadi EL Natroun...

IOA allows limited fuel supplies into Gaza

The Israeli occupation authority on Tuesday allowed limited shipments of fuel into the Gaza Strip to operate the power station, which came to a complete halt last night due to lack of fuel...

UNRWA: Cutting off fuel supplies to Gaza collective punishment

Sami Misha’sha’, the UNRWA spokesman in Gaza, has criticized the use of fuel as a political pressure card by the Zionist government against the Gaza Strip...

World Complicit in Gaza Genocide, says Mohamed Morsi

Dr. Mohamed Morsi, member of the Executive Bureau of Muslim Brotherhood, blamed Arab and international regimes for the aggravating plight in the Gaza Strip, stressing that the darkness imposed on more than one and half million people is only because the Gazan people refused to submit and subordinate to the international decisions aiming at eradicating the Palestinian cause. ..

MB MPs Launch Internal Elections

The secretariat of Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary Bloc is holding internal elections Tuesday to select the chairman, the deputy chairman, the secretary general, media advisor, PR advisor, and representatives in the parliament committees. ..