Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 49

6-Dec-2010

POLITICAL COMMENT

Political Comment (6 December 2010)

After failing to win a single seat in the first round of Egypt's parliamentary elections, the Muslim Brotherhood which held 88 seats in the outgoing legislature decided to boycott the second round run-offs. The head of the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza has echoed relatively moderate statements earlier this year by the group's exiled leader. The Americans' attempt to revive peace...