The Muslim Brotherhood has committed several grave mistakes since the regime was toppled in 2011, said professor of law Hossam Eissa. “When the referendum on the constitutional amendments was drawing near, they disappeared from the scene and switched off their cell phones,” he told Al Arabiya’s Presidential Candidate. “They started holding meetings with the
The Egyptian chapter of the “Arab Spring” ended not as it was scripted by the revolutionaries of Tahrir Square. They deposed a military dictator, secured the first free presidential race in their history, and then may have lost it to a die-hard Islamist president. Not only this. The generals who had stood behind Hosni
Events in Egypt, Bahrain and Syria illustrate the limits of U.S. influence in the Middle East following the Arab Spring and a U.S. reluctance, at times, to exercise such clout as it has. Court rulings in Egypt and in Bahrain this week, analysts say, show the ruling authorities’ desire to maintain their grip on
The IAF's Aerial Defense Formation is already working on additional developments and improvements to the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, the IAF Website revealed. The next stage of the Iron Dome will include advances in interception capabilities, and will respond to a wider range of threats. "Soon, we will update the system to the
Remains of a two Grad rockets were found in southern Israel over the Sabbath. One may have been fired from Jordan. Friday night, residents of southern Israel heard explosions. On Saturday morning, the remains of a Grad rocket were located in the southern Arava, not far from Eilat. Saturday evening, the remains of another
Egypt’s ruling military council said on Thursday that the presidential election run-off will continue as scheduled this weekend, the state news agency reported as Washington called for a full transfer of power to elected civilians in Egypt. “The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has assured that the presidential run-off will take place on
Children attending an Islamic jihad-run kindergarten in Gaza celebrated their graduation by dressing up in army uniforms, waving rifles and chanting anti-Israel slogans, an Israeli online daily reported late Tuesday. At a ceremony attended by the children’s parents and relatives, most of whom affiliate themselves to Islamic Jihad or Palestinian political factions, the children
A special meeting was held at the Pope's palace on Tuesday, attended by delegations from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Vatican. During the meeting, the sides discussed some of the unresolved issues between them. At the conclusion of the meeting, which was led by Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, the Foreign
A club hosting an event by the Islamist group, Hizb ut-Tahrir, in Illinois next week has pulled out after a group of Americans expressed concerns, and outrage, about the event. The Islamist group was planning to hold its “Revolution: Liberation by Revelation – Muslims Marching Toward Victory” conference in the Meadows Club on June
Security researchers said on Monday that they have found a direct link between the Stuxnet worm and the more-recently-discovered Flame espionage malware, indicating that the two teams cooperated and collaborated. “We’re very confident that the Flame team shared some of their source code with the Stuxnet group,” Roel Schouwenberg, a senior researcher with the
