Tens of thousands of Kuwaiti protesters have remained peaceful in the capital as they demonstrate against the country's government. The parliament was elected last week in rules the opposition deemed unfair. An emergency decree in October reduced the number of votes per citizen to one, from four. As a result, the opposition decided to
For a brief moment on Friday night, Egyptians got some respite from the ongoing political crisis tearing the country apart. The comic relief came courtesy of Bassem Youssef’s satirical news show “Al Bernameg“ (The Program) which has just decamped from one ‘secular’ privately owned Egyptian TV channel to another. There’s been little room for
Call to all Egyptians: BOYCOTT Egypt’s December 15 Constitution Referendum and Call to the International Community: CONDEMN Egypt’s new regime Voice of the Copts appeals to all Egyptian freedom fighters fearlessly and heroically standing up against the Morsi regime: We support you as you
At the United Nations we are witnessing the creation ex nihilo of a foreign country, which never existed, for a people calling themselves the “Palestinians”, and an attempt at giving them the land whose memory kept the Jews together as a people and brought them back to Jerusalem after the Holocaust. The Western community
A unique group of Egyptian Islamists have come out to speak against President Mohammed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood, urging them not to mix religion with politics. The group members who chose to name themselves after widely-known coffee chain, Costa, have emerged on the political scene to express opinions contradicting those belonging to mainstream
The six-hour meeting held on Dec. 8, 2012 between the Egyptian presidency and a few representatives of the opposition ended with a decision to cancel the controversial constitutional declaration and issue a new one. Although the outcome of the meeting reveals the presidency’s willingness to resolve the crisis that has so far lasted for 18
In January 2011. when the Egyptians in Tahrir Square (“Martyr’s Square”) were violently rampaging against a long-time US ally, President Obama threatened Mubarak by stating “Don’t use violence on your people” and “The transition must begin now!” And, he said Mubarak must “use restraint.” Yesterday, several Egyptians were killed while protesting the “ratification” of
Egyptian F-16 fighter jets made low passes over the center of Cairo on Sunday in a rare maneuver by the air force over the capital amid high political tension, AFP news agency reported. At the end of October, jets made similar passes as part of a surprise military exercise. On Saturday, the army
Mahmoud Abbas’ embrace of the Hamas terrorist organization and his diplomatic talents of convincing the UN to applaud his violations of the Oslo Accord may already have spawned a new round of violence in Judea and Samaria, as predicted by Arutz Sheva for more than a year and as recently as last week. A
Student protests reached the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on Sunday after four students were found dead following a protest in college, reported Al Arabiya’s correspondent. A day before, Sudanese authorities had shut down a university after four students, originally from the conflict-plagued Darfur region, were found dead following an alleged crackdown on a tuition
