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“For by wise counsel, thou shalt make thy war.” Proverbs 24:6 Though one might think otherwise, there is no Palestinian state at present, nor has there ever been such a state in the past. Still, once the current Gaza War comes to an end – and whatever the tangible correlates of any war termination agreements [...]

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states.  Panagiotis Lampropoulos is a recent graduate of the University of Bristol Law School (UK). He is currently doing a year of required military service in Greece.  On September 17, 2013, Pavlos Fyssas, [...]

The Russian-Ukrainian crisis started to deteriorate in early 2021 when Ukraine arrested pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk on allegations of conspiring a coup d’etat, and Russia initiated military exercises near the Ukrainian border. Russia is the second-largest oil producer, trailing only the United States, and the third-leading oil exporter, behind Saudi Arabia and the United Arab [...]

Radwa Helmi on Saturday became the first woman to sit on the bench of Egypt’s State Council, a top court in the country. Since the court’s institution in 1946, there has not been a single female judge on its bench. The council has long opposed the nomination of women. This persisted until October 3, 2021, [...]

Zyad el-Elaimy, a leader within the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, despite his strong legal defense was sentenced by the Mokattam Misdemeanor Court on Tuesday.  El-Elaimy was sentenced to one year in jail with a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds (around $1,200 USA dollars) for violating Egypt’s Assembly Law. More specifically, he was sentenced for “spreading [...]

The Egyptian House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a constitutional amendment to the 2014 constitution that would allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to remain in power until 2030 The amendment was approved 531-22-1. The presidential term provision provides that the president’s shall serve for six, rather than four, years and shall not serve for more than [...]

An Egyptian parliamentary committee on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to constitutional amendments that would allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to remain in office until 2034. Many Egyptian opposition parties have expressed their disapproval and have reportedly formed a coalition against the proposed changes. Egypt’s Conservative party said in an official statement on Wednesday that it [...]

After the midterm elections, it is worth considering how we might change our founding document, the U.S constitution, and update it so that it reflects the times we live in. One glaring example of a needed update is the Electoral College. Actually, I should say “eliminate” instead of “update”. Specifically, Article II, Section 1, Clause [...]

Amnesty International (AI) launched a new campaign Tuesday called “Egypt: Open Air Prison for Critics,” to raise awareness of the current situation in Egypt under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi , who came to power after the 2013 coup. In 2013, amid political turmoil, many protests erupted calling for then-president Mohamed Morsi to step down. In [...]

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi  signed a cybersecurity law Saturday that allows the government broad authority to block websites while setting jail sentences and jail fines for violations. Amnesty International described the new law as giving “the state near-total control over print, online and broadcast media.” There is another cybersecurity law  pending before the president, [...]