On January 23, I did a blog post here noting that in his short time in power Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi had 24 times had people jailed for the "crime" of "insulting the president." My comment t…

What would happen if Palestinian politics were revived?

I’ve written before (here) about the epidemic of prosecutions by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood president for the "crime" of insulting him. That epidemic is spreading to the West Bank, where the Court o…

The Palestinian prime minister, not long in office, has resigned. Why? A power struggle between him and the president, everyone says. The date is September, 2003. Or, the date is today. What has ch…