Egypt’s Sisi Calls for Revolution on Radical Islam

In one of the more unusual speeches given by an Arab leader, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told local Islamic clerics that Islam has become “a source of anxiety, danger, killing and destruction for humanity” and that “we are in need of a religious revolution”. The speech was made at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University last week, […]

Israel in a changing Middle East

Since 2011, the Middle East has been engulfed by a process of profound political change. Long-established regimes have been swept away. New political forces have risen and sometimes rapidly fallen.

Column one: Sisi is not Mubarak

The government must take every possible action, in economic and military spheres, to ensure that Sisi benefits from his actions.

Hamas: Rebuild Gaza or We’ll Attack Israel

The only option Hamas faces, therefore, is to attack Israel again as a way of ridding itself of the severe crisis in the Gaza Strip and the growing frustration among the Palestinians living there