Posts Tagged: muslim brotherhood
Egypt Floods Gaza Tunnels to Shut Them Down
Wall Street Journal - Egyptian forces flooded smuggling tunnels under the border with the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in a campaign to shut them down,...
Egypt Suspends Access to YouTube For One Month
Times of Israel - A Cairo court on Saturday ordered the government to block access to the video-sharing website YouTube for 30 days...
Ahmadinejad Makes Historic Visit to Egypt, Says He Wants to Visit Gaza
JPost - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Egypt on Tuesday on the first trip by an Iranian head of state since the 1979...
Senators Seek to Halt U.S. Arms Sales to Egypt
Two Republican U.S. senators are aiming to stop America's sale of weapons to Egypt. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) each introduced legislation...
Beyond “Apes and Pigs”: Ten Morsi Quotes That Tell All
Is Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's recently revealed statement that Zionists are "descendants of apes and pigs" cause for concern? At least one Jewish...
Christian Egyptian Convert and Her Children Sentenced to Prison
An Egyptian woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison together with her seven children for converting to Christianity. Her supporters are...
Jewish Group Calls on US to Make Aid to Egypt Conditional on Reduction in Government Antisemitism
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has called on the Obama Administration to make the consignment of F-16's and other military hardware it has pledged to...
Dutch Jewish Writer Refuses to Pay Taxes in Protest of EU Aid to Egypt
A Dutch writer has declared that he will not pay taxes in protest of his country's financial support of Egypt. Leon de Winter, who is Jewish, ...
A ‘Sudanese Genocide’ in Egypt?
The current tensions in Egypt between the Muslim Brotherhood-led government and a fragmented populace that includes large segments of people who oppose the Islamization of...
Why Obama Hearts Hagel
The last time I wrote about President Obama's then only rumored selection of Chuck Hagel I said two things I knew I would wish to...
Abbas Claims Jews Were Not Expelled From Egypt
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas claimed yesterday that no Jews were expelled from Egypt under the rule of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, according to Al-Masryalyoum. Publicly...
An Ode To ‘Islamic Truth’
Inasmuch as Salafis are vile and violent, so too must they be credited with being refreshingly frank and honest, especially in comparison with...
Fatah and Hamas Leaders Hold Cairo Meeting in ‘Positive Atmosphere’
In another sign of increasing collaboration between the rival Hamas and Fatah factions, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas met with Hamas politburo...
Will Egypt Become a Totalitarian State?
The Muslim Brotherhood has made another giant step forward in consolidating its rule in Egypt through the successful passage of the newly drafted...
