Political Comment (7 May 2012)

 

In Egypt, the salafist (and sizeable) Al Nour party has decided to back the presidential campaign of independent 'Abd al-Mun'im Abu al-Futuh. The UN has given Sudan and South Sudan three months to resolve their differences. Senior Israeli intelligence and military officials are challenging Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu's apocalyptic Iranian nuclear scenario. The island of Abu Musa is once again at the heart of a...