No one knows how a new or reformed Egyptian government will approach Israel or its border with Gaza. For now, the long suffering residents of Gaza are poised to endure even further hardship as this uncertainty looms.
Ban Ki Moon has some sharp words for Hosni Mubarak.
With little to no police presence in many areas, the health system is vulnerable to ransacking and looting. Meanwhile, protestors are setting up their own medical treatment centers.
What is particularly significant is that the attackers were uniformed military police, not simply "pro-regime thugs."
After surviving massive protests aimed at their own policies in Lebanon, the ruling coalition now led by Interim Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the militant Shiite party Hezbollah applauded protestors in Egypt and agreed President Mubarak should step down.
Egyptian #Jan25 activist Mona Seif offers a vivid and horrifying account of violence from Tahrir square yesterday. From Al Jazeera.
Leaders throughout the Arab world who seek to avoid the fate of Hosni Mubarak and Tunisia's Ben Ali would be wise to take heed to the recommendations of the 2009 Arab Human Development Report.
Peaceful protests are no longer. Pro-regime thugs are descending on Tahrir square spoiling for a fight.
My first experience with the Muslim Brotherhood, the large, Egypt-based radical movement known in Arabic as "al Ikhwan", was actually kind of frightening, and it led me to misunderstand what it represented.