Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for 'day of rage'

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60. Deceptive, at best.

In 2006, the the Palestinians, from both the West Bank and Gaza, held a legislative election. Hamas won the election, with 74 seats to the ruling-Fatah's 45, providing Hamas with the majority of the 132 available seats and the ability to form a majority government on their own. According to your own link, in June 2007 Hamas fighters then took control of the Gaza Strip and removed Fatah officials. There has not been an election in either territory since the Hamas coup.

So, to recap, Hamas, an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, won a democratic victory among the Palestinians, instituted a coup wherein they took absolute control of Gaza, and they have not permitted any subsequent election to challenge their theocratic rule, nor permitted anything resembling democratic institutions or recognized human rights.

It sounds awfully like how the Muslim Brotherhood was democratically elected in Egypt, but was similarly using their victory to unilaterally draft a constitution and limit opposition and judicial review to ensure their continued, theocratic, unchallenged hegemony. At least the military in Egypt may restore the free and democratic ideals of the revolution. However, too bad for those Palestinians.