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Arab elections: free, sort of fair… and meaningless

A certain Arab country recently held parliamentary elections. The vote was reasonably free and fair. Turnout was 67 percent, and the opposition won a near majority of the seats --

Brotherhood: Egypt regime aims to rig vote

The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition movement, accused the regime of monopolizing power through vote rigging and vowed to rally Egyptians to prevent fraud in upcoming parliamentary

Egypt’s media ban effects independent satellite channels

Egypt's ruling regime has announced the suspension of 12 satellite channels, renowned for their religious themes and warned 20 other channels concerning their alleged incitement to religious hatred, unlicensed medical

IOF soldiers fire at, wound mentally retarded man

A mentally retarded Palestinian man was hit with Israeli occupation army bullets near the Beit Hanun (Erez) crossing on Tuesday morning, medical sources reported.

Egyptian polls debated in Washington

The next month’s Egyptian legislative elections continue to be the focus of attention in policy debates in the US capital. Last week, a panel of Egyptian and American experts convened

MB offshoot in Bahrain double’s up efforts in poll run off

Bahrain's first round of elections held on Saturday has resulted in Bahrain's main Shia opposition group securing 18 out of 40 seats in the country's parliamentary elections in what was

How political Islam is winning the war for talent (and gaining a competitive edge)

In 2009 the Muslim Brotherhood's Supreme Guide Mohammed Mehdi Akef voluntarily stepped aside -- the first time a top leader in the movement had voluntarily resigned before reaching death's door.

President Obama puts political expediency ahead of US Constitution and civil liberties

Lawrence Davidson argues that by upholding the principle of immunity from prosecution for senior officials who commit crimes – a principle that was established during George W. Bush’s era –

Mahmoud Abbas Caves In: Recognizes the US as a Jewish State [Satire]

In a major breakthrough engineered by the great man of change and hope and who has blocked access to all documents that tell us anything about him, Israeli Vice President

Former Israeli official cancels Spain visit fearing arrest

-- Former chief of the Israeli internal security apparatus the Shabak Avi Dichter has called off a visit to Spain fearing arrest on the background of a case charging him