I predicted that Sisi's truce will fail
In an article published today, but written before Egypt put forward its recent truce proposal, I predicted that Sisi is not suited to broker a truce because of his total support for the Israeli campaign.
Has Aljazeera been taken over by the Muslim Brothers?
Has Aljazeera been taken over by the Muslim Brothers? It has now become a cliché to say that recent uprisings in the Arab World surprised the region’s most revered experts not just in terms of the rapid procession with which they spread but also because of the tangible results that some of them achieved: toppling powerful dictators such Qadhafi and Mubarak. Overcoming the initial shock, many of the region’s experts as well as ordinary Westerners turned to the channel that has become the unrivaled news source on the region: Aljazeera. But it was not only Westerners that tuned in to Aljazeera. TV viewers across the region tuned in as well. For Arab viewers, Aljazeera has established itself as truly “the most trusted name in news.” Its coverage of their various wars, from Iraq to Palestine has placed it in an elevated status. Of course, this time Aljazeera was there to report as usual. But as the waves of unrest swept the region and more fissures within Arab streets surfaced, Al...
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