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Daybreak: Big Islamist Victory in Egypt

Plus tightening of vise around Iran and Syria, and more

by
Marc Tracy
December 01, 2011
Counting ballots in Egypt.(Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images)
Counting ballots in Egypt.(Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images)

• Early returns suggest the Muslim Brotherhood attracted a commanding 40 percent of the Egyptian vote. More surprisingly, salafist parties—more hardcore Islamist than the MB—may have gotten as much as 25 percent. [NYT]

• Particularly in the wake of the storming of the British embassy Tuesday, the European Union is clamoring for fresh sanctions against Iran. Meanwhile, Iran simply released the 11 “students” detained for doing so. [WSJ/AP/WP]

• German prosecutors allege an Iranian plot to attack U.S. bases there. [Haaretz/Forward]

• Turkey is upping sanctions against Syria, and the conflict looks like it’s spilling over into Lebanon. [NYT/NYT]

• Under Quartet guidelines, President Abbas offered a proposal for going forward with peace talks. No reply from Prime Minister Netanyahu. [Haaretz]

• At a Jewish Manhattan fundraiser, President Obama told donors that Israel was the country’s most important ally. [Reuters/Haaretz]

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.