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Originally posted by popo
"Political parties cannot operate legally in Egypt without a license from the Political Parties Committee of the Shura Council. Since its establishment in 1977, this government-controlled body has approved the licensing of only one new political party, in March of this year."
http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/mena...ection-bck.htm
While things might be slowly moving towards democracy in Jordan & Egypt, to call them democracies right now isn't facing the facts. They both have a very long way to go.
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Well, given that 1/4 of the population of Israel has no representation in the government, it may be a stretch to call Israel a democracy...