Posts Tagged ‘Muslim Brotherhood’
The Road to Palestinian Liberation and an End to Zionism Runs Through Cairo, Baghdad, Damascus and Riyadh
We should not forget that the Blockade of Gaza could not continue but for Egypt’s Collaboration with Israel 40 years ago Alexander Haig, Reagan’s Secretary of State described Israel as “the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk”. Given that central to US military doctrine has been the creation of unsinkable island aircraft carriers,…
Read MoreDisappearances in Egypt & Torture by a Good and Faithful Ally
<object id=”flashObj” width=”420″ height=”267″ classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ codebase=”http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0″> Joint press statement On Human Rights Day: Torture – not an isolated incident On Human Rights Day, the undersigned organizations condemn increasing violations by the Ministry of Interior in a manner that indicates they have been given free reign to abuse citizens using extralegal practices such as torture, enforced disappearance, and other…
Read MoreHAMAS – When Israel & Netanyahu Sang from a Different Songsheet
Why Israel Virtually Created Hamas Hamas, despite its reactionary politics (for example a Charter that noone reads which is anti-Semitic) has played the role of an effective resistance in Gaza. In particular it has acquitted itself well, unlike last time, and killed over 50 Israeli soldiers. However it should not be forgotten that Hamas is…
Read MoreThe Muslim Brotherhood continues where Mubarak left off – maintaining Israel’s Blockade
The Muslim Brotherhood continues where Mubarak left off – maintaining Israel’s Blockade Egyptian women in Cairo march in protest at the military’s use of excessive force against women and unarmed protesters. Photograph: Mohamed Omar/EPA Hamas keeps silent about the betrayal of its fellow Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has always been a conservative, clerical…
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