Links for February 9th through February 11th:

• Saudi royal Prince Bandar Bin Sultan's assets frozen - BAE lawsuit slowl moving along


• Egypt deserves support to resolve Gaza crisis - Egyptian consul writes op-ed in SF Chronicle


• U.S. pushes Israel to accept proposed Egypt border deal
  - " The U.S. wants Israel to show some flexibility on Egypt's demand to add 750 soldiers to its border force, as well as to agree to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's proposal to take over responsibility for the Israel-Gaza Strip border. "


• Cindy Sheehan in Cairo to Monitor MB Military Trial - Errr... why?


• The Arab media | How governments handle the news - The Economist on the strangulation of Arab media


• Cindy Sheehan in Cairo to Monitor MB Military Trial - Errr... why?


• The Arab media | How governments handle the news - The Economist on the strangulation of Arab media

Automatically posted links for January 25th through January 26th:

• The Arab - New London-based magazine on MENA


• MidEast Brief::Egypt - Newish website links to articles on region


• Egypt says will keep border open and help Gazans restock - Unable to stop flow of people, Egypt maintains borders open


• Abbas: No talks with Hamas despite Gaza border chaos - Abu Mazen turns down Cairo talks with Hamas


• PALESTINIANS CREATE NEW BREACHES DESPITE EGYPTIAN ATTEMPTS TO SEAL THE BORDER - Article mentions Egyptian tanks on their way to border


• Gaza source: Hamas planned border wall blast for months - Amira Hass


• Gaza into Egypt Middle East Strategy at Harvard - M. Kramer revives "give Gaza a chunk of Egypt" idea, good response by S. Cook


• The People in Gaza Challenge Sham Peace Process - Juan Cole's Informed Comment hosts Joel Beinin op-ed


• ANALYSIS: Gaza border breach shows Israel that Hamas is in charge - Haaretz analysis


• ?????????? ?????: ????: ???? ?? ???? ??? ??????? ????? ??? - Mahdi Akef denied that Khaled Meshaal asked him to stage Gaza siege demos


• Furlough Day for Gazans (Prospects for Peace) - Daniel Levy


• Appeal for the defense of individual freedoms - Moroccan liberals call for right to individual freedoms after Islamist gay witch-hunt


• Egypt's Gaza policy / A pan-Arab consensus? - Haaretz analyzes Egypt's tough position re: Gaza and Hamas

Automatically posted links for January 23rd through January 24th:

• Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi : "La Mauritanie n'est pas un pays de prédilection pour les terroristes" - Afrique - Le Monde interview with Mauritanian president


• Egypt holds scores from Brotherhood over Gaza protests - Backlash against MB for organizing first major protests since 2006


• Gazans flood through Egypt border - Things are not looking good, especially as Israelis have cut fuel supplies again


• YouTube - TPMtv: War of Attrition - Excerpts from Democratic debate - some good jousting there


• The worst market crisis in 60 years - George Soros in the FT on the current financial crisis

Automatically posted links for January 13th:

• Arab Stereotypes in American Film - Jack Shaheen short


• Barack Obama - I'm sure we've seen him somewhere before - Armando Iannucci on Obama: it's dead on


• Comment is free: Laughing at dictatorship - Ibrahim Hudaibi on Mubarak jokes


• Arabs eye £500m Liverpool buy-out | Sport | The Observer - Dubai group to buy Liverpool FC


• Citi Looking Abroad For Major Investors - WSJ.com - Waleed Bin Talal to invest

Automatically posted links for January 6th:

• Report: FBI translator says Israel planted nuclear 'moles' in U.S. - Another twist the Larry Franklin affair / Israeli spy operation in US


• Interview with Khalil Enani - Author of new book on Muslim Brothers


• Egypt police torture mentally handicapped boy - Can a day pass without one of these stories?


• Egypt court jails three police in abuse case - Another conviction against police torturers


• al-Qaida Videos Now on Cell Phones - Bin Laden & co. develop multimedia distribution platforms