Home Worldview: Algerian response to hostage crisis, Israeli elections and African Cup of Nations URL Copied! Menu Donate Worldview: Algerian response to hostage crisis, Israeli elections and African Cup of Nations By WBEZ Jan 22, 2013, 11:38am CT Listen URL Copied! Worldview: Algerian response to hostage crisis, Israeli elections and African Cup of Nations By WBEZ Jan 22, 2013, 11:38am CT Listen URL Copied! WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter. [View the story “Worldview: Algerian government response to hostage situation, Israeli elections and African Cup of Nations” on Storify] Worldview: Algerian government response to hostage situation, Israeli elections and African Cup of Nations WBEZ’s Jason Marck fills in for Jerome McDonnell, who has the day off. Israelis headed to the polls today. Storified by · Tue, Jan 22 2013 10:37:56 Algeria hostage situation The Algerian government today defended its hardline tactics to end the crisis at the Amenas gas facility, which left 37 foreign hostages dead. Mansouria Mokhefi, head of the North Africa and Middle East Program at the French Institute of International Relations, explains the Algerian government’s response. Israeli Elections Benjaim Netanyahu will almost certainly be reelected to the prime minister’s post. Natan Sachs, a fellow at the Saban Center of Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, examines the issues on Israeli’s minds, which he says, largely do not include the peace process. Africa Cup of Nations Worldview soccer gurus Euan Hague and Dan Shalin stop by to tell us what teams to watch in the Africa Cup of Nations.
