We are pleased to present this week's edition of the Middle East News Brief.   

In this week's News Brief: Marwan Bishara on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's presidential nominee; Emad El Din Adeeb on why the situation in Saddam Hussein's Iraq was better than it is today; The Beirut Daily Star on the Arab League summit in Baghdad; Abdulkhaleq Abdullah on military intervention in Syria; Melody Moezzi on Iranian youth and their democratic leanings; Semih Idiz on Turkey's plans for Syria; and Lale Kemal on Turkey's new Kurdish strategy.

Please note that the Middle East News Brief will be on hiatus next week due to the Passover holiday.

Happy holidays from the Moshe Dayan Center.

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