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Daybreak: Egypt Votes MB-Backed Reforms

Plus Israel admits it has Palestinian engineer, and more in the news

by
Marc Tracy
March 21, 2011
The head of Egypt’s Coptic Christian Church votes Saturday.(-/AFP/Getty Images)
The head of Egypt’s Coptic Christian Church votes Saturday.(-/AFP/Getty Images)

• A significant majority of more than 18 million Egyptians voted in constitutional reforms supported by the ruling military and the Muslim Brotherhood, paving the way to September parliamentary elections. [NYT]

• Hamas shellacked Israel Saturday with mortar rounds from Gaza, breaking the two-year ceasefire and prompting a response from Israeli tanks and helicopters. More at 10 am. [NYT]

• Israel claims it has custody of a Palestinian engineer who went missing in Ukraine in February. Mossad is suspected. [JPost]

• Syria continues to experience a strong taste of the popular upheavals that have seized most other Arab states. [AP/WP]

• Arab League head Amr Moussa, who also wants to be president of Egypt, objected to airstrikes on Libya one day after they began with Arab League backing. [AP/WP]

• Sarah Palin is wheels-down in the Holy Land. [Reuters/Haaretz]

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