Links January 25th and January 26th

Automatically posted links for January 25th through January 26th:

• The Arab - New London-based magazine on MENA


• MidEast Brief::Egypt - Newish website links to articles on region


• Egypt says will keep border open and help Gazans restock - Unable to stop flow of people, Egypt maintains borders open


• Abbas: No talks with Hamas despite Gaza border chaos - Abu Mazen turns down Cairo talks with Hamas


• PALESTINIANS CREATE NEW BREACHES DESPITE EGYPTIAN ATTEMPTS TO SEAL THE BORDER - Article mentions Egyptian tanks on their way to border


• Gaza source: Hamas planned border wall blast for months - Amira Hass


• Gaza into Egypt Middle East Strategy at Harvard - M. Kramer revives "give Gaza a chunk of Egypt" idea, good response by S. Cook


• The People in Gaza Challenge Sham Peace Process - Juan Cole's Informed Comment hosts Joel Beinin op-ed


• ANALYSIS: Gaza border breach shows Israel that Hamas is in charge - Haaretz analysis


• ?????????? ?????: ????: ???? ?? ???? ??? ??????? ????? ??? - Mahdi Akef denied that Khaled Meshaal asked him to stage Gaza siege demos


• Furlough Day for Gazans (Prospects for Peace) - Daniel Levy


• Appeal for the defense of individual freedoms - Moroccan liberals call for right to individual freedoms after Islamist gay witch-hunt


• Egypt's Gaza policy / A pan-Arab consensus? - Haaretz analyzes Egypt's tough position re: Gaza and Hamas