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llenges to the disbanding of Parliament, how to select the assembly that will write the new constitution, and even whether the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party can legally exist. (There's old legislation still on the books that forbids the creation of religious-based political parties.) Meanwhile, the gene
ortedly kidnapped in the area Friday. The Sinai peninsula was contested territory for much of the past century, largely because it is a gateway to the Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean Sea and Red Seas. Israeli forces occupied the Sinai in 1956 and 1967 and fought a war against Egyptian troops in
es of Islamic Sharia - should be the main source of legislation in Egypt." After a compromise was reached with members of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), Salafists changed their position, approving that the article be amended with the stipulation that Egypt's highest Islamic authority Al-Azhar
as during the 1948 and 1967 wars. But after the 1973 war it was torn by the debate about the wisdom of fighting the Egyptians EFTA00713704 along the Suez Canal and after 1982 it was divided over the war in Lebanon. Contrary to what many think, Netanyahu and Barak never bluffed -- they did not threaten war
lenges to the disbanding of Parliament, how to select the assembly that will write the new constitution, and even whether the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party can legally exist. (There's old legislation still on the books that forbids the creation of religious-based political parties.) Meanwhile, the gen
portedly kidnapped in the area Friday. The Sinai peninsula was contested territory for much of the past century, largely because it is a gateway to the Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean Sea and Red Seas. Israeli forces occupied the Sinai in 1956 and 1967 and fought a war against Egyptian troops in
Entities connected to both Freedom and Justice Party and the Suez Canal

Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Lebanon
LOCATION
Barack Obama
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
George W. Bush
PERSON
Damascus
LOCATION
Tunisia
LOCATION
Cairo
LOCATION
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Middle East
LOCATION
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
Saddam Hussein
PERSON
West Bank
LOCATION
Fatah
ORGANIZATIONSinai
LOCATION
European Parliament
ORGANIZATION
Ehud Barak
PERSON
Mahmoud Abbas
PERSON