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1:19 PM, Nov 21, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

In a phone call today between the two leaders, President Barack Obama thanked Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi for helping to assist with the ceasefire between Hamas in Gaza and Israel.

"President Obama spoke to President Morsi today," a read-out of the phone call states. "The President thanked President Morsi for his efforts to achieve a sustainable ceasefire and for his personal leadership in negotiating a ceasefire proposal. President Morsi expressed appreciation for President Obama’s efforts in this regard. President Obama and President Morsi agreed on the importance of working toward a more durable solution to the situation in Gaza."

The read-out concludes, "President Obama reaffirmed the close partnership between the United States and Egypt, and welcomed President Morsi's commitment to regional security."

Hamas terrorists burn American and Israeli flags.

1:31 PM, Nov 18, 2012 • By JONATHAN SPYER

Jerusalem
The crisis now under way in Gaza represents the moment when the wave of Sunni Islamism that has been achieving triumph after triumph in the region since early 2011 finally crashes up against the Jewish state.

A supporter of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, right, engages a critic.

The wrong way to influence Egypt’s new leaders.

Nov 12, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 09 • By ERIC TRAGER

There is one curious beneficiary of the September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that cost four American lives: Egypt’s new Muslim Brotherhood government. The attack in Libya and subsequent controversy has almost entirely obscured the siege that same day of the American embassy in Cairo, and President Mohamed Morsi’s irresponsible handling of a very dangerous situation.

The wrong way to influence Egypt’s new leaders.

Nov 12, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 09 • By ERIC TRAGER

There is one curious beneficiary of the September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that cost four American lives: Egypt’s new Muslim Brotherhood government. The attack in Libya and subsequent controversy has almost entirely obscured the siege that same day of the American embassy in Cairo, and President Mohamed Morsi’s irresponsible handling of a very dangerous situation.

6:10 PM, Aug 15, 2012 • By LEE SMITH

Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi’s housecleaning over the last two weeks—dismissing several top army officers and an intelligence chief and abrogating constitutional amendments limiting presidential power—has left observers trying to figure out the grand design behind Morsi’s actions.

6:24 PM, Jul 16, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

While in Egypt over the last several, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with the Muslim Brotherhood.

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7:17 AM, Jul 10, 2012 • By STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

In a remarkable development, the people of Libya on Sunday voted against the seemingly-irresistible advance of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in the “Arab Spring” countries of North Africa. Until Libyan ballots began coming in, Western media seemed assured that the MB would repeat, in that country, its successes elsewhere over the past year. In Tunisia last October, the Ennahda or Rebirth party won 37 percent at the polls. In Morocco’s November contest, the MB’s Justice and Development party gained enough strength to form a government under its leadership.

2:57 PM, Jun 29, 2012 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN

In a rousing speech in Tahrir Square on Friday, Egypt’s new president, Mohamed Morsi, told the crowd that he will work to free Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, aka the “Blind Sheikh.” Rahman is currently serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a follow-on plot against New York City landmarks.

10:45 AM, Jun 26, 2012 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN

News channel France 24 hosted a panel Monday night to discuss Egypt’s first civilian president, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi. One of the guests on the panel, via satellite from Cairo, was Nader Amram, a member of the Freedom & Justice Party’s foreign relations committee. (The Freedom & Justice Party (FJP) is the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party.)

5:10 PM, Jun 25, 2012 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN

Either the Iranian regime is lying or Egypt’s new president, Mohammed Morsi, gave an interview that will raise some eyebrows.

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2:13 PM, Jun 24, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

White House spokesman Jay Carney issued the following statement in response to the Egyptian presidential election:

11:34 AM, Jun 20, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Fred Barnes, with Juan Williams and Charles Krauthammer, last night on Fox News:

2:28 PM, Apr 17, 2012 • By DAVID SCHENKER

From failing European economies to staggering murder rates in Central America, there’s no shortage of crises on the agenda as the International Monetary Fund holds its annual spring meeting in Washington this week.

8:14 AM, Apr 6, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Bill Kristol, with Susan Milligan and Charles Krauthammer, last night on Fox News:

4:47 PM, Dec 9, 2011 • By LEE SMITH

Now that runoff results are in from the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, it’s clear that the Islamists are running the board.