Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Photo: İHA, Abdullah Cıbır) Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has suggested that Israel was behind the military coup that ousted Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, in early July, adding that the Turkish government has evidence to prove the Israeli hand in it. The evidence Erdoğan gave for […]
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by Hatem Bazian Egypt’s military and elites resort to Islamophobic rationalisation to legitimise their undemocratic actions. “The utilisation of Islamophobic and ‘war on terror’ tropes in Egypt are reflective of a global post-colonial epistemological trend,” writes Hartem Bazian [Reuters] In an interview with Der Speigel , Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy offered his German audience a history “lesson” reminding them
by Robert Fisk Kerry isn’t on their side. He’s going all out for ‘peace’ on Israeli government terms Has John Kerry no shame? First he cuddles up to both Palestinians and Israelis and announces the renewal of a “peace process” which the Palestinians don’t trust and the Israelis don’t want. Then Israel announces that it will build
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by Mike Giglio Scores of protesters are feared dead after a day of violence in Cairo. Mike Giglio was among the foreign reporters arrested and beaten by security forces August 14, 2013 “Information Clearing House – “Daily Beast” – The clouds of teargas were so thick that from behind police lines it was hard to see what
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by Finian Cunningham August 11, 2013 “Information Clearing House – If Saudi rulers had more brains, they might be formidably dangerous. Even with lackluster intelligence assets, they are already causing enough havoc and bloodshed across the Middle East and North Africa regions, pouring millions-of-dollars-worth of weaponry into Al Qaeda and other Takfiri networks that are destroying once
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Resigning the vice presidency, Mohamed ElBaradei warns that ‘extremist groups’ will be the only beneficiaries of Wednesday’s forced dispersal of pro-Morsi sit-ins Mohamed ElBaradei (Photo: Reuters) Egyptian Vice President for International Affairs Mohamed ElBaradei submitted his resignation Wednesday in a letter to the interim president, implying his objections to the interim government’s policy
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by Chinmaya R. Gharekhan – Historians probe the myths surrounding the founding of Israel Al-Aqsa mosque, East Jerusalem To Israel’s credit, almost simultaneously with its creation, historians of great integrity and courage have emerged there to offer to the international community alternative narratives of the events surrounding the new nation’s birth and its immediate aftermath. The
by Mohamed El-Menshawy Without condensing the issue of democracy in Egypt and diagnosing it as a struggle between the Islamist current and what is known as the civil current, democracy in Egypt is subject to many threats. Most notably, an alarming trinity founded on rising exclusionary fascist rhetoric; encouraging Islamophobia; and overt calls to marginalise
The FBI has built a massive network of spies to prevent another domestic attack. But are they busting terrorist plots—or leading them? October 9, 2011 | UPDATE: On September 28, Rezwan Ferdaus, a 26-year-old graduate of Northeastern University, was arrested and charged with providing resources to a foreign terrorist organization and attempting to destroy national defense premises.
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by Richard Falk It was to be expected. It was signalled in advance. And yet it is revealing. The only other candidates considered for the job were equally known as Israeli partisans: Daniel Kurtzer, former ambassador to Israel before becoming Commissioner of Israel’s Baseball League and Dennis Ross, co-founder in the 1980s (with Indyk) of
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