Muslim Brotherhood supporters are staging major shows of strength in Jordan, following up a rally on Thursday with another on Friday. Jordan’s King Abdullah dissolved the country’s parliament on Thursday, setting up a new election which the Muslim Brotherhood has announced it will boycott. The boycott appears designed to undermine the...

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The Syrian civil war also impacted the Syrian-Israeli border yesterday, as dozens of armed men congregated on the Syrian side of the cease-fire line on the Golan Heights. The provocation, which led Israel to promptly shut down a tourist site as a precaution, follows several mortar shells which were fired into...

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Hamas is struggling to cope with evidence linking its security forces to tortures and summary executions, as reports spread that three Palestinians were recently executed on the basis of “confessions” given under coercion. The Iranian proxy, which controls the Gaza Strip, was criticized over the abuses by Human Rights Watch. Watchdog...

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An adviser to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has declared the entirety of Israel as “Occupied Arab Palestine.” Said Mohammed Saif Al-Dawla, an Arab nationalist and Morsi’s adviser for Arab affairs, “this will remain its name till the end of time, and this is a national principle as well as a historic...

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The security situation along the Egyptian-Israeli border has reached a “crisis point” due to Egyptian inaction.Cairo’s unwillingness or inability to maintain control over the Sinai Peninsula, which Israel ceded to Egypt as part of the Camp David Accords in exchange for what has turned out to be an increasingly cold peace...

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The United States has warned European countries that supporting unilateral moves by the Palestinian Authority at the United Nations, where the Palestinians are attempting to achieve non-member observer status outside of a negotiated framework with Israel, would be “extremely counterproductive”and result in “significant negative consequences.” In a private memo, the...

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A recent Palestinian move to use the United Nations to bolster claims to statehood “threatens United States and Israeli interests” and “undermines all internationally accepted frameworks for peace,” according to a Heritage Foundation report authored by Brett D. Schaefer and James Phillips. The report insists that “firm action is necessary”...

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