The Daily Beast describes the “Muslim Brotherhood’s war on Coptic Christians,” which columnist Kirsten Powers writes “show[s] the world its true colors.” In recent days over 40 churches have been looted and burned, on top of another 23 that have been damaged in attacks. Christian officials have been attacked, and Islamists paraded...

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The White House is blasting comments made by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan blaming Israel for the Egyptian military’s actions against former president Mohammed Morsi. Erdogan had discovered a 2011 video of French-Jewish intellectual Bernard Henri-Levy calling on the military to block the Brotherhood from taking power, and based on that...

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Supporters of Egypt’s former president Mohammed Morsi are calling for “Friday of Martyrs” protests to be held later this week. These would follow last week’s “Day of Rage” demonstrations, which saw over 60 killed in what the Washington Post described as “violence involving the security forces, protesters and armed civilians on both sides of the nation’s widening...

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New polling data published by the Pew Foundation indicates that Saudi Arabia – which has been public about floating Cairo economically as the Egyptian military moves to quell a wave of unrest – is building on a strong foundation of good will in Egypt. Field work conducted in March and...

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Israel’s internal security organization the Shin Bet – roughly the equivalent of America’s FBI – has set up a new unit to confront the growing threat that jihadi groups in Egypt’s increasingly anarchic Sinai Peninsula may attack Israel. Intelligence and military analysts have increasing emphasized the scope of the threat....

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The Washington Post yesterday described moves being made by traditional American allies in the Gulf designed to bolster the Egyptian military as it moves to quell unrest in the country. Over 1,000 Egyptians have in recent days been killed in clashes between the army and supporters of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, as well as in...

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Media watchers spanning the political spectrum – from the Washington Free Beacon to Bloomberg and Atlantic columnist Jeffrey Goldberg – expressed something between resignation and outrage yesterday, as Al Jazeera America aired within hours of its launch an interview with Harvard professor and noted conspiracy theorist Stephen Walt. The interview...

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At least 25 Egyptian police officers were murdered yesterday by suspected Islamists who ambushed two police minibuses traveling near border between Sinai Peninsula and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. CBS News described the situation as a “bloodletting.” The Associated Press characterized the killings as “execution-style.” The details are brutal: The militants forced...

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The Washington Post headlines its late afternoon coverage of the Egyptian crisis as “clashes erupt in Egypt as [Mohammed] Morsi supporters observe ‘day of rage’.” Egypt slid closer to civil conflict Friday after anti-government demonstrations called by the Muslim Brotherhood erupted in widespread violence involving the security forces, protesters and armed civilians on both...

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The Associated Press reports that the death toll in Egypt is nearing 700, amid demonstrations conducted by what the outlet describes as “tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters” calling for the reinstatement of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked former president Mohammed Morsi. Official numbers released by the Egyptian Health Ministry last...

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