Category Archives: Egypt

Hope and Security – Toward Two States

Going on mostly behind the scenes are many cooperative efforts between Israel, Egypt, Jordan and the Saudis. The Sunni Nationalist states would greatly benefit from Israeli-Palestinian peace for no reason other than that they need to work with Israel right … Continue reading

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The Ceasefire and Thoughts about the Future

Below is the text of the Ceasefire Agreement as Announced Today. Commentary follows the text of the agreement. Following is the verbatim English text of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza that was reached on Wednesday with … Continue reading

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Here Endeth the Arab Spring

Here endeth the Arab Spring. Today, the Supreme Constitutional Court in Egypt dissolved Egypt’s parliament and the military for all intents and purposes has regained complete control over the nation. This was foreseen by those who were familiar with Egypt’s … Continue reading

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Egypt’s Drift to Islam

First results coming out of the Egyptian elections indicate, as Middle Eastern political analysts had predicted, that the Islamic Brotherhood has taken some forty percent of the vote with the radical Salafi al-Nour party having won a further 20%. These … Continue reading

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What the Future holds for Egypt

The indecent haste with which President Obama thrust Egypt’s president, Hosni Mubarak, aside may prove to have been one of the most fatal errors of the current US administration. When Mubarak declared at the beginning of February this year that he … Continue reading

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Who is the Muslim Brotherhood?

It was only a week ago, while mass demonstrations were taking place in Egypt and elsewhere in the Arab world, that James Clapper, US Director of National Intelligence, told the House Intelligence Committee that “The term ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ … is … Continue reading

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Democracy Egyptian Style

When I hear both President Obama and President Ahmadinejad expressing their joy at the outcome of the Lotus Revolution in Egypt I am worried. I am worried, because one of them has got it wrong. I would like to believe … Continue reading

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Egypt after Mubarak

As Egypt enters the third week of demonstrations against President Mubarak, much of the world looks on in trepidation. The dictators and monarchs of the Arab world, from Muammar al-Gaddafi of Libya and Bashar al-Assad of Syria to King Abdullah … Continue reading

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After Tunisia

It is less than four weeks since Tunisia’s President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was driven from power following the violent protests that followed the suicide of the young, unemployed college graduate, Mohammed Bouazizi, who sold fruit and vegetables illegally … Continue reading

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Egypt might be a Turkey

There are those out there who are afraid that the popular uprising in Egypt with the full support of the Muslim Brotherhood is a threat to turn Egypt into another Iran, a threat to turn Egypt into an anti-Western and … Continue reading

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