Special M/E Update - All about Egypt: 

Red Alert: Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood - (Stratfor)

Egypt riots are an intelligence chief's nightmare - Amos Harel (Haaretz)
If the Egyptian regime falls in the end, a possibility that seemed unbelievable only two or three days ago, the riots could easily spill over to Jordan and threaten the Hashemite regime.

For those who like percentages and statistics  - (Sheila Raviv's blog)
The Moslem Brotherhood is the strongest opposition bloc which presents greater problem since there is no charismatic leader to take over from Mubarak leaving these fundamental extremists waiting in the wings. Recent polls of the Egyptian population suggest that-
            30 % are pro HezbAllah
            49 % are pro Hamas
            20 % are pro al-Qaeeda.
            82 % want stoning for those who commit adultery;
            77 % want to see whipping and hands cut off for robbery or theft;
            84 % favour the death penalty for any Moslem who changes his religion.
            27 % support modernisation while 59 % want traditional or fundamental Islam:
            That means that a popular revolution is unlikely to bring democracy -

Dispatch: Regime Change in Egypt and a Radicalizing Region - Kamran Bokhari (Stratfor) - VIDEO Analysis

How the U.S. Should Handle Egypt - (New York Magazine) a compilation of theories

Flotilla Report: What's wrong with coverage of Israel - Simon Plosker (HonestReporting.com) On reporting of the Israeli commission of inquiry into the Gaza flotilla, CNN, BBC, and TIME graphically illustrate all that is wrong with their coverage of Israel.

Updates on the Moscow Bombing - (IPT News)

The Moscow Attack and Airport Security - Scott Stewart (Stratfor)The bottom line for travelers: travelers should take some simple steps that can help minimize the time spent on the soft side of the airport and practice an appropriate level of situational awareness so they can see trouble developing and take measures to avoid it.

  

'Foreign trainers' active in southeastern Afghan province - Bill Roggio (Long War Journal) "Arabs, Chechens, and Pakistanis" are supporting the Taliban in Ghazni province, while Pakistani intelligence is sabotaging security. 

Pakistan: American Ally and Terrorist Enabler -  (IPT News)

Al-Jazeera Seeking to Bring Down PA Leadership - Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)

Why Have the "Palestinian Papers" Appeared Now? - Chris McGreal (Guardian-UK)

Leaked Revelations: Palestinian Leadership Accepts Most Israeli Settlements - Robin Shepherd (Director, International Affairs at the Henry Jackson Society in London)

Palestine Papers: 99 Percent Hype, 1 Percent News - Noah Pollak (Commentary)

Abbas gives terrorist's family $2000 - (PMW)

British-Israeli Relations Increasingly Fragile - Nicholas Saidel and Alexander Joffe (Hudson New York)
London is a major center for Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, Saudi terror-supporting charities, and a host of other organizations. Studies by the British Office of the Home Secretary, the CIA and the Heritage Foundation suggest that elements within the British Muslim population constitute not only a direct threat to Britain, but also to the United States and the free world.  

Arab Paper: Israel Is Now Dependent on Egyptian Protesters - Abd Al-Bari Atwan (Al-Quds Al-Arabi-UK-MEMRI)

One Doesn't Boycott the Only Free Society in the Mideast - Bernard-Henri Levy (Ha'aretz)
 

Arab Demand for East Jerusalem Is an Obstacle to Peace - Efraim Inbar (bitterlemons-api.org)

The Death of Free Speech in Europe On Trial in Denmark for "Islamophobia" - Phyllis Chesler (NewsRealBlog)
On January 24, 2011, the distinguished Lars Hedegaard, the President of the Danish Free Press Society and the International Free Press Society, will stand trial for telling the truth about Islamic gender apartheid.
Punishing the Victims of Islamic Gender Apartheid? - Phyllis Chesler (FrontPageMagazine)

Look at the different headlines for the same story:
IDF foils attempted terror attack along Gaza border -  (AP and JPost.com)
Teen killed as Israeli tanks raid Gaza - medic (The Jordan Times)

Gov. Christie's Strange Relationship with Radical Islam - (IPT News)

Report: South Africa Seeks Arrest of Former Israeli Foreign Minister (Ynet News)

The Middle East's Christian Onslaught - (IPT News)

Pirates Had an Arrrrsome Year (New York)
Pirates are using hijacked vessels to hunt ships from Mozambique to Oman

The Office of Israel's Prime Minister Responds to TIME - Ron Dermer (TIME)

Film Showing Cancelled in Canada after Iranian Request - Robert Sibley, Kristy Nease and Sneh Duggal (Ottawa Citizen-Canada)  Fred Litwin, president of the Free Thinking Film Society, said, "It's simply astounding that in the capital of Canada we can't show a film that offends the Iranians.... It's as if the mullahs can enforce their cultural values on Canadians."

Update on the group of Eritreans being held in Egypt:

Refugees in the Sinai: Egyptian police kill an Eritrean on the Israeli border (Everyone Group)“Most have been arrested and are being detained in the Egyptian expulsion centres, pending deportation. Only about 50 immigrants are left in the shipping containers, six women and some young Eritreans, who are probably dying."

Egypt called to take effective action over torture of refugees in Sinai Desert - Brian Hutt (Christian Today)
For different views on this horrible situation:

Eritrean ambassador: We won't take infiltrators back - Shlomit Sharvit (YNet)
In special interview with Ynet, Eritrean envoy blames Israel for recent immigration wave from Africa. 'You should have deported the first one to arrive, now it is too late,' he says. While the government of Israel is struggling to find a solution for the African infiltrators flooding the country, Eritrea seems to believe Israel is the one to blame for the situation.

The American Team for Displaced Eritreans

Tunisian president flees military coup. Foreboding in Cairo and Amman (DEBKAfile)

Spanish government sponsors PA TV ad calling for boycott of all Israeli products (PMW) 
Spanish government denies funding of PA TV ad (PMW)

The Economist's Indecent Proposal - Dore Gold (Jerusalem Post)

Israel was the focus of a recent cover story in The Economist, the prestigious British newsweekly. The magazine's main editorial puts forward the thesis that unless Obama takes bold diplomatic moves in the peace process, there is a real risk of war. The Economist then concludes that Obama, along with the rest of the world, must impose a solution on the parties. Most fundamentally, it confuses the main source of potential escalation and war, Iran, with the diplomatic target of the peace initiative it recommends, the Palestinians. Historically, relations with the Palestinians and tensions with Iran's proxies, Hizbullah and Hamas, have been on two completely separate tracks. In April 1996, while Prime Minister Shimon Peres was negotiating with the Palestinians, the Israeli-Lebanese border deteriorated and Israel was forced to launch Operation Grapes of Wrath against Hizbullah. Again in 2008, when Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was in advanced negotiations with both Abbas and the Syrians (through the Turks), there was a massive escalation of rocket fire by Hamas that resulted in Operation Cast Lead. There was simply no correlation between Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy and the military escalation with organizations supported by Iran.
The writer is president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and a former ambassador to the UN.
The Economist Magazine Sullies Reputation for Independent Thought with Anti-Israeli Rant - Robin Shepherd (Robin Shepherd-UK) 

  

Time Magazine Takes Israel Hatred to a New Level - Alana Goodman (Commentary)

 

"Travel Palestine" Ad in National Geographic Blots Out Israel - Jonny Paul (Jerusalem Post) http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=202965
 

Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Oil Policy - Simon Henderson (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)
Iran has been chosen by OPEC members for the cartel's 2011 presidency. 

Europe Needs a Parliamentary Inquiry on NGO Funding - Gerald M. Steinberg (Jerusalem Post)
Israel Blacklists Foreign Charities for Supporting Terrorism - Chaim Levinson (Ha'aretz)
  

Video: Gaza 2011 - Your Next Travel Destination (YouTube)

Refugees from Reality - Ingo Way (Cicero-Germany-ElderofZiyon)

Arab Donor Registry for Bone Marrow and Stem Cells Established in Israel - Marlene R. Eckstein (Poughkeepsie Journal)
The first and only registry for unrelated Arab donors of bone marrow or stem cells has been developed at Israel's Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem. 

Supreme leader's tweets trigger Iranians' controversy (Alarabiay)
Khamenei's Twitter infuriates Iran bloggers

Last week I relayed the report from Everyone Group about 250 African men, women and children being held in shipping containers and being raped, tortured, and killed by human traffickers for over 2 months in Egypt. Some of the group have been released, but others are still being held at the present time. The latest I could find is this article here. Apparently there are Facebook pages about this as well.