Ashraf Ramelah
Coptic Christmas Eve Massacre
Nag Hammadi - Upper Egypt. Eight Copts were killed leaving Church after Mass.
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Egypt Foiled Attacks on Jewish Tourists, US Ships
Egyptian sources revealed on Sunday that two months ago its intelligence forces arrested approximately two dozen terrorists who planned to attack Jews visiting the tomb of the revered 19th century Rabbi Yaakov Abhatzeira....
Iranian Threat Tightens Israeli-US Ties, Says Security Advisor
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Berlusconi Doubts Wisdom of Gaza Pullout
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Hamas Threatens Revenge on Jews Outside Israel
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Fighting kills at least 12 in Somali capital
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Iran may lash out at Israel
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Press Conference Regarding Muslim Converted in Cairo
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Global swine flu death toll rises to 14,711
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Somalia Islamist group bans video games
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Egyptian Christian Framed in Sexual Assault Case
The drive-by shooting of Coptic Christians by extremist Muslims after celebrating the Orthodox Christmas Eve midnight Mass in the southern town of Nagaa Hammadi on January 6, causing the killing of 6 and wounding of 9, (AINA 1-7-2010) was condemned by public opinion worldwide....
Jews flee Malmö as anti-Semitism grows
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Israeli threats against Hezbollah target Lebanon
Hariri urges Arab solidarity with Beirut against "Israeli threats" ...
Hamas: Israel assassinated Izzadin Kassam member in Dubai
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Jewish Cemetery Vandalized in Strasbourg France
Anti-Semitic Vandalism at a Strasbourg Jewish cemetery was discovered on International Holocaust Remembrance Day....
French Mosque Raided by Islamic Radicals
The head of a mosque in Drancy, a northeastern suburb of Paris, was targeted Monday by a gang of Islamic radicals who interrupted the services and threatened to “liquidate him, this imam of the Jews.” ...
Italy: Foreign minister rejects face veil
Italy's foreign minister Franco Frattini on Wednesday voiced his opposition to the face veil. Women wearing the garment pose security issues and symbolise "a refusal to integrate" by Muslim immigrants in a host country, he said. ...
Islamic Militants in Somalia Murder Christian Leader
Al Shabaab extremists threaten widow of slain pastor of underground church....
Christian Filipino migrants forced to convert to Islam
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Bashir backs ex-rebel for south Sudan president
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Egypt's Nile Delta falls prey to climate change
The Nile Delta, Egypt's bread basket since antiquity, is being turned into a salty wasteland by rising seawaters, forcing some farmers off their lands and others to import sand in a desperate bid to turn back the tide. ...
US readies new Iran sanctions at UN
Measures against Revolutionary Guards, financial firms to be debated....
Saudis to Regulate ‘Chaotic Fatwas’
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Zionist Regime to be Annihilated
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J'lem will be Palestinian capital
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Canada to Offer Shariah-Compliant Mortgages?
Shariah-compliant mortgage banking, in accordance with Islamic religious law, may soon become a reality in Canada, according to a report published Wednesday by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)....
Saudi says achieved victory over Yemen rebels
Saudi Arabia declared victory over Yemeni Shiite rebels on Wednesday following a truce offer from the insurgents, who said they had withdrawn from all Saudi territory....
Jewish cemetery desecrated in France
At least 18 tombstones at Cronenbourg cemetery found marked with swastikas. ...
Egyptian Law Enforcement Attack Monastery and Monks
On January 24,2010, Egyptian law enforcement along with special units attacked a Coptic monastery known as St. Makarious located in “Wadi el rayan “el- Fayoum near Cairo. ...
Israel's Next Hizbullah War May Escalate Into Fight With Lebanon
If Israel and Hizbullah ever go to battle again, it may lead to a full-out war between the Jewish State and Lebanon. According to the Washington Post, Hizbullah's rearmament deep in northern Lebanon would force Israel to fight the terrorist army far past the border....
Yemen's Troubles Make it an Attractive Terrorism Center
Middle East security expert Yoel Guzansky says the West has not yet woken up to Yemen’s increasing role in nourishing Islamic terrorism. Without Western pressure, he says, the dangers will only grow....
One American, Two Britons, Arrested in Crete Synagogue Arsons
Greek police have arrested one American, two Britons and a local citizen for twice torching a 600-year-old synagogue that was recently restored. A second American is at-large, possibly in Italy....
Open Letter to Egyptian Parliament President and Members
President and members of the Egyptian Parliament; I am certain this letter will have no impact on you because you are hypocrites with no respect for the opinions of others....
French parliament report calls for burka ban
France was set to move one step closer to barring Muslim women from wearing the full Islamic veil with the release Tuesday of a report calling for a ban on the burka, also known as niqab, in public institutions....
Let’s See if World Deals with Evil
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu threw a direct challenge on Monday at the world's handling of the growing Iranian threat to obtain nuclear weapons. “We shall see in the following weeks whether the international community deals with this evil before it spreads,” he said at the opening of an exhibition of the blueprints for the Auschwitz death camp....
Islamic Terrorists 'Made in Britain'
A Hamas website proudly reports on two young British citizens who have moved to Gaza to join the jihad against Israel....
ECLJ Welcomes European Parliament Resolution
In a letter transmitted to Voice of the Copts, ECLJ Welcomes European Parliament Resolution in Defense of Religious Freedom for Minority Christian Communities in Egypt and Malaysia...
Capital murder charge filed in Bellville massacre
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U.N. Seeks to Drop Some Taliban From Terror List
The leader of the United Nations mission here called on Afghan officials to seek the removal of at least some senior Taliban leaders from the United Nations’ list of terrorists, as a first step toward opening direct negotiations with the insurgent group....
At least 36 killed in Baghdad hotel bombings
At least 36 people were killed in a series of car bombings in central Baghdad on Monday, police said, ending a 6-week lull in coordinated assaults on the Iraqi capital as the country heads for national elections in March. ...
Iran will Have Nuclear Bomb This Year
A secret intelligence dossier currently being reviewed by US, Israeli, German, and Austrian governments reveals secret Iranian tests and hierarchies of power dedicated to the successful development of a nuclear bomb, and predicts that Iran will have a primitive nuclear bomb by year's end. ...
HATE PREACHER ANJEM CHOUDARY VOWS TO ESTABLISH SHARIA LAW ACROSS EUROPE
Following a recent ban by Home Secretary Alan Johnson, Choudary says his followers are already starting to move to the continent in a bid to spread their hardline Islamist message. ...
Egypt’s Mubarak defends Gaza border barrier
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday defended the construction of an underground barrier on the border with the Gaza Strip as a matter of national security and sovereignty....
Syria Calling Up Reserves
Tensions have escalated along the Israeli-Lebanese border and Syria has begun calling up troops from its Fourth Reserve, sources told the pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat. ...
Colin Hannaford, Director IDM comment on The Arab Cocoon
Dear Doctor Heggy, I greatly enjoyed meeting you in KCL last week. I found your book deeply interesting and informative and have made some comments that I hope you may find useful. They are attached. I remain, thankfully and in great admiration, Colin Hannaford....
Hezbollah's relocation of rocket sites to Lebanon's interior poses wider threat
With Iran backing and supplying Hezbollah and the United States backing and supplying Israel, "the battlefield is Lebanon," said Marwan Hamadeh,...
UK students recruited for Somali jihad
Young British Muslims are joining a terror group linked to Al-Qaeda that is blamed for hundreds of deaths in the African country ...
Three Yemeni soldiers killed in checkpoint attack
Three Yemeni soldiers were killed in an attack at a Yemeni checkpoint by suspected southern separatists, a government official said on Sunday, in a province where the state is also hunting a resurgent al-Qaeda. ...
Bin-Laden claims responsibility for failed Xmas Day bombing
Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden issued a new audio message claiming responsibility for the Christmas day airline bombing attempt in Detroit and vowed further attacks. ...
PA warns EU against legitimizing Hamas
The Palestinian Authority over the weekend expressed concern over Hamas's growing attempts to gain recognition from the international community and warned EU representatives against engaging in dialogue with the extreme Islamist movement. ...
Egyptian foreign Office indicates some EMP are extremist right-wing Christians
The European Parliament member, Cristiana Muscardini, presented the following interrogation of the Egyptian government:...
Israel may act against Iran
French President Nicolas Sarkozy assessed that Israel "would not stand by while Iran develops nuclear weapons," Al Hayat quoted sources close to the French leader on Saturday. ...
Recent attacks on Christian communities - EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
European Parliament resolution of 21 January 2010 on recent attacks on Christian communities...
Trespasser carried knife into Tappan Zee Elementary
PIERMONT — A Connecticut man found trespassing Wednesday at a South Orangetown elementary school was arrested at a nearby store while carrying a knife, police said. ...
Britain raises terror threat level to "severe"
Britain raised its terrorism threat level to 'severe', the second highest level, on Friday, days before London hosts major international meetings on how to deal with militancy in Afghanistan and Yemen. ...
Egypt finds ancient Greek temple for cat goddess
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient Greek temple dedicated to Egyptian cat goddess Bastet in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, the antiquities department said Tuesday....
Mohamed Hegazy v/s Egyptian Government
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF Urgent Appeal Submitted by the European Centre for Law and Justice, an international non-profit law firm with Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC, on behalf of Mr. Mohammed Bishoy HEGAZY v. The Arab Republic of Egypt...
Application into UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights
On behalf of Voice of the Copts, President Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah announces the following information regarding the Egyptian citizen, Mr. MOHAMMED BISHOY HEGAZY and FAMILY MEMBERS....
Al-Qaida may use Sudanese refugee influx to infiltrate Israel
If the border with Egypt is not closed, then al-Qaida may use Sudanese refugees making their way into the country as cover to infiltrate and set up terrorist cells in Israel, senior IDF officials told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during a tour on Thursday of two observation posts along the Sinai border. ...
India issues airplane hijacking alert
Indian airports were on high alert Friday after intelligence services received information that al-Qaida-linked militants were plotting to hijack a plane. ...
Obama, I misjudged the will for peace
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met US Mideast envoy George Mitchell Thursday night, a few hours after Time magazine published an interview with US President Barack Obama in which he admitted that he erred during his first year in office by raising too high expectations of a Middle East breakthrough. ...
A Woman’s Life in Muslim Sudan
Sudanese Muslim officials arrest tens of thousands of women a year for wearing "indecent clothing,” including trousers, and many have been fined and subjected to 40 whip lashes. One woman tells related the story after being spared the punishment, apparently because she attracted too much bad publicity. ...
Arab Rock Attack on Hershkowitz
Arabs in Kfar HaShiloach (Silwan or Siloam) threw rocks Thursday at the entourage of the Head of the Jewish Home party, Minister of Science and Technology Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz. No one was hurt and no damage reported....
Fighting Terrorism: Britain Ends Flights from Yemen
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced on Wednesday the immediate suspension of direct flights from Yemen to London – because of terrorism fears. ...
Iran vows to hit Western warships if attacked
Iran's defense minister warned on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic could strike back at Western warships in the Gulf if it were attacked over its nuclear program, ...
Vatican to Study Christian Exodus from Middle East
The Christian exodus from PA-controlled territories continues, religious freedom under Moslem control is not expected – yet the Vatican issues a document blaming the “occupation.”...
Request for an International Investigation
Regarding the bodies of the eight Copts who were recently massacred on the Coptic Christmas Eve and in view of the confidential information including published photographs just received, ...
Renewed Violence against Egypt's Coptic Christians
On January 6 -- Christmas Eve according to the Eastern Orthodox calendar -- six Coptic Christians and a policeman were killed in a drive-by shooting while exiting church in Naga Hammadi, Upper Egypt....
Mauritania begins dialogue with Qaeda prisoners
The Mauritanian government on Monday began a "spiritual dialogue" with Salafist prisoners, a first in a country that has been the victim of several attacks attributed to al-Qaeda. ...
Jordanian sources say Iran ordered attack on Israeli convoy
Last week's failed attempt on the lives of Israeli diplomats in Jordan was apparently carried out on instructions from Teheran, sources close to Jordan's General Intelligence Department (GID) revealed on Monday. ...
IDF Foils Major Terrorist Attack; Fatah Suspected
Soldiers from elite IDF units Sunday night arrested three Arabs who were planning a “significant” terrorist attack against Israelis. The soldiers confiscated three large pipe bombs, which sappers safely detonated without injury....
Computer Network Terrorism New World Threat
“A fleet of fighter planes is not necessary to attack a power station; a keyboard is sufficient, according to University of Haifa Dr. Yaniv Levyatan, an expert on information warfare. ...
Hezbollah trains on missiles
Syria has allowed Lebanese Hezbollah militants to train with advanced anti-aircraft missiles in its territory, a U.S. source says....
Two Christians Critically Wounded at Wedding in Pakistan
Still in intensive care, they were shot for refusing order to convert to Islam. ...
Deadly clashes rock Nigerian city
Authorities in the northern Nigerian city of Jos have imposed a dusk to dawn curfew after sectarian clashes that left at least 10 people dead....
Kabul "under control" after Taliban attack
Taliban gunmen launched a brazen assault on the center of Kabul on Monday, with suicide bombers blowing themselves up at several locations and militants battling security forces from inside a shopping centre engulfed in flames....
MLK had a dream: Israel included
More than four decades after his death, the lessons from the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remain as telling today as they did in the days when his teachings revolutionized a nation and led to a new understanding of civil rights. ...
Saudi activists outraged as man marries 11 yr old
News of a Saudi octogenarian marrying an eleven-year-old girl has outraged human rights activists amid calls on the government to regulate the marriage of underage girls, local media reported Saturday. ...
US drone attack kills 20 militants in Pakistan
A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles in Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border, killing at least 15 militants on Sunday, Pakistani security officials said....
PA Defends Right to Publicly Honor Terrorists
The Palestinian Authority government is defending its practice of honoring terrorists who murder Israelis by naming public places and events in their honor. ...
Roadside Bomb Against Israel Embassy Staff
Unknown terrorists set off a roadside bomb Thursday against a convoy of cars carrying Israeli diplomats in Jordan. No one was hurt. ...
Hamas City Bombs Anger Gazans
Hamas is preparing for war with Israel by placing large bomb-traps in densely-populated areas – angering local residents. So reports a Fatah website named Al-Ahad. ...
Mubarak Responsible for Copts' Blood
A couple of years ago, I wrote to the Egyptian ambassadors in Washington, D.C., Rome, and the Vatican. My open letter was published prior to the Copts' Christmas and contained an invitation to the Egyptian authorities to stop their farcical Christmas visits to the Coptic churches. Copts all over the world, and some Westerners, recognized those visits as propaganda in favor of the Egyptian regime....
Malaysia mosque vandalized amid "Allah" row
A Malaysian mosque was vandalized following attacks on 11 churches, threatening to deepen a row over the use of the word "Allah" to refer to the Christian God in this mainly Muslim but multiracial country....
Six powers to discuss Iran's lack of cooperation on nuclear issue
Top diplomats from six key powers are scheduled to meet in New York on Saturday to discuss Iran's reaction to their proposal to defuse global fears over its nuclear program, with the United States pushing for new sanctions. ...
Yemen air strike kills al-Qaeda military leader
A Yemeni air strike on two cars killed at least six suspected al-Qaeda leaders in northern Yemen on Friday, including the leader of the armed wing, a Yemeni security official said....
Not All Muslims Are Suicide Killers, But All Suicide Killers Are Muslims
Earlier today, I was lying on my gynecologist’s table in a highly exposed position when suddenly she said: “You’re probably going to think this is very politically incorrect but isn’t it crazy not to profile? I mean, isn’t it clear who’s doing what?” ...
Blast near Israeli diplomats in Jordan, none hurt
A bomb exploded near a car carrying three Israeli diplomats in Jordan on Thursday but none was hurt, Israeli media said. ...
PA Arabs Try to Knock Israeli Car off Highway 443
The decision to allow PA Arabs onto Route 443 to Jerusalem has not yet been implemented, and Arabs tried this morning to murder Jews there. They tried to run an Israeli car off the highway, but were unsuccessful - and soon arrested. ...
Christmas Eve Massacre in Egypt
In regard to the massacre of eight Copts in Upper Egypt after the conclusion of the Coptic Christmas Mass and the ten others seriously injured in the shoot-out which was previously planned by the regime’s operatives, ...
Yemen says tribesmen kill 10 Houthi rebels
Pro-government Yemen tribesmen have killed 10 Houthi rebels in the Arab Gulf country after they tried to take up positions in homes in a northern town, the interior ministry said on Thursday....
Ayalon Apologizes to Turkish Ambassador
After a diplomatic standoff sparked by stage directions given by Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister at a pre-meeting photo opportunity with Turkey's Ambassador to Israel,...
Turkish Ultimatum: Apologize by Midnight
Turkey’s president Abdullah Gul gave Israel until midnight to apologize for Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon’s behavior towards its ambassador or face the consequences of the envoy "taking the first flight tomorrow to go back home.”...
Upper Egypt, hundreds of Copts arrested
Egyptian State Security has intensified its intimidation of the Coptic Church and Christians in Nag Hammadi, and neighboring Bahgoura, by carrying out random arrests of Christian youth. ...
Israel & The Arabs : The Post-Settlement Challenge.
I believe that the two-state solution is coming in the near horizon, regardless of the approval or disapproval of some. ...
Islamists loot and burn protestant church in Algeria
Islamists looted and burned a Protestant church in Algeria, the congregation's leader said Monday, suggesting they were inspired by a recent wave of religious intolerance in the Arab and Muslim world. ...
Leader of Yemeni Qaeda cell killed by military
The leader of a Yemeni al-Qaeda cell has been killed in clashes with security forces, Yemen's state news agency reported on Wednesday....
Saudi cleric bans Muslims from joining al-Qaeda
A prominent Saudi scholar has issued a fatwa banning Muslims from joining al-Qaeda and labeled it a violation of Islam's teachings, press reports said on Tuesday, amid concerns about the growing strength of operatives in Yemen....
Fatwa bans work in Gaza Strip tunnels
At the request of the Palestinian Authority, an Islamic scholar published a fatwa on Tuesday banning Muslims from digging or working in tunnels under the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. ...
Turkey Keeps Ayalon Crisis on Front Burner
Turkey continues to distance itself from Israel while warming up to Iran, Syria and Lebanon. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon implied he was wrong in trying to use the media to snub Ankara, but Turkey is demanding a full public apology. ...
Copts protest in Milan (Italy)
Hundreds of Copts resident in Milan, north of Italy protested against Egyptian regime. ...
Britain bans Islamist group after march row
Britain will outlaw an Islamist group that provoked anger with a plan to march through a town where British troops killed in Afghanistan are honored, the interior minister announced on Tuesday....
Taliban of Jewish Descent? Experts are Checking
Experts at the National Institute of Immunohaematology in Mumbai, India believe a large group of Taliban Muslims might be descended of the lost Ten Tribes of Israel – and an Israeli rabbinical expert agrees....
Tehran Bomb Blast Kills Top Nuclear Scientist
A mysterious remote-control bomb killed a nuclear scientist in Iran Tuesday, and Iran said Israel may be responsible. ...
Pharaoh and king statues found in Sudan
Huge granite statues of a pharaoh and other kings have been found in Sudan, a discovery that has shocked archaeologists at how far south the expansive Kushite empire extended, the dig directors said on Monday....
Egypt Rejects Proposed Alternative to Two-State Solution
Maj. Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland presented two alternatives to the two-state solution Monday, at a conference hosted by Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies. Eiland's presentation was based on his new study "Regional Alternatives to the Two-State Solution.” ...
No-Fly to US to Protest Anti-Terrorist Checks
A noted Saudi preacher has called on Arabs to stop flying to the United States, in protest of “enhanced screening” procedures aimed at catching terrorists, the Dubai business website Zawya.com reported. ...
Dozens of Qaeda fighters in Yemen
Dozens of al-Qaeda militants are hiding out in a remote mountainous area of Yemen, a senior official said in comments published Sunday, as President Ali Abdullah Saleh urged them to lay down their arms....
IDF may take over Philadelphi in future conflict
The IDF is prepared for the possibility that in a future conflict with Hamas it will be ordered by the government to take over the Philadelphi Corridor in the southern Gaza Strip, which is lined with hundreds of weapons smuggling tunnels, defense officials said on Sunday. ...
Egypt arrests Christians after arsons
Egyptian authorities have arrested 42 Christian and Muslim "troublemakers" after arsonists set fire to Christian-owned property in southern Egypt, police said on Sunday....
Bombing Message from Israel to Hamas
Gaza-based terrorists continued to test Israel’s determination to stop rocket and mortar shelling attacks and were met with another aerial strafing on Sunday following more strikes on the Western Negev. ...
Egyptian Border Fence Aimed at Flood of Illegal Immigrants
The Cabinet on Sunday approved the construction of two sections of fence at the Egyptian border aimed at preventing terrorist infiltration and a flood of illegal African immigrants...
Muslims Murder Six Christians in Egyptian Religious Warfare
Egyptian Muslims gunned down six members of the Coptic Christian community last week, setting off riots that resulted in the bloodiest religious clashes in ten years. ...
Coptic woman killed in Upper Egypt
Less than 72 hours of Christmas Eve Massacre in Nagh Hammadi, Upper Egypt, a Coptic woman was killed in Bahgurah. ...
Rockets hit US consulate site in west Afghanistan
KABUL - Rockets fired at a building that will house the US consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat damaged two floors but caused no casualties, an Afghan official said Sunday. ...
Christians furious after Egypt arson attacks
Residents of a southern Egypt village were furious on Saturday after houses and shops owned by Coptic Christians were burnt as sectarian tensions flared in the wake of a deadly drive-by shooting....
Somaliland forces say attack on mosque foiled
Security forces in Somalia's northern breakaway enclave of Somaliland said on Saturday they had foiled an attack on a mosque in Hargeisa where the imam had spoken out against militant suicide bombings....
Another war with Hamas is inevitable
Just over a year after IDF Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip , former OC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Yom Tov Samia on Sunday predicted that another war with Hamas was practically inevitable and would take place in the near future. ...
Netanyahu, We’ll Respond Strongly to Every Rocket
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s remarks before today’s Cabinet meeting focused on the recent rocket attacks from Gaza: ...
Zarein Ahmedzay pleads not guilty to Zazi terror plot
A Queens cab driver pleaded not guilty Friday to being part of a thwarted Al Qaeda plot to bomb New York City last year around the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. ...
Iran won't genuflect before the world
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressed defiance of the threat of new sanctions on his country on Saturday, saying the Islamic Republic will not be deterred from pursuing its nuclear program. ...
Hizbullah Earning Millions Off European Drug Trade
A report in the German magazine Der Spiegel over the weekend says that one way Hizbullah has been earning money for its terror activities is by selling drugs in Europe....
London police storm Dubai-bound plane, 3 held
Armed officers stormed a plane at London's Heathrow airport as it was about to depart for Dubai and arrested three men on suspicion of making a bomb threat, police said Saturday....
Malaysian churches firebombed over “Allah” row
A Malaysian church was firebombed Saturday, police and church officials said, the fourth such attack in two days as a row escalated over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims....
French draft bill to fine Burka-wearing women
Muslim women who wear the full Islamic veil in France will face a possible 750-euro ($1,000) fine, according to a draft bill unveiled Thursday by the leader of the parliamentary majority. ...
Egyptian imams launch attack on Hamas
Mosques across Egypt have launched scathing attacks on Hamas in the wake of the killing of an Egyptian border guard by a Palestinian gunman earlier in the week, the London-based- Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper reported Saturday. ...
King David Era Pottery Shard Supports Biblical Narrative
A breakthrough in the research of the Hebrew Scriptures has shed new light on the period in which the Bible books of the Prophets were written....
Israel trying to provoke us to renew violence
A spokesperson from Al-Quds Brigades warned early Saturday morning that armed Palestinian groups would not hesitate to confront Israel if strikes on the Gaza Strip continue. ...
Egypt: Galloway persona non grata
Egypt on Friday declared renegade British lawmaker George Galloway persona non grata, accusing him of incitement after his harsh criticism of Cairo over delays in an aid convoy's entry into Gaza, the foreign ministry said Friday. ...
IDF’s Strongest Retaliation in Gaza
The IDF Thursday night bombed terrorist targets in Gaza, including near Gaza City, in the strongest retaliation against mortar and rocket attacks on Israel since the end of Operation Cast Lead a year ago. At least two terrorists were killed, and three tunnels and a weapons factory were successfully targeted. Hamas officials said four other terrorists are missing...
Gaza Terrorists Fire Rocket at Ashkelon, None Hurt
Gaza terrorists fired a rocket in the direction of the coastal city of Ashkelon Thursday evening. The rocket apparently exploded in agricultural fields south of Ashkelon. There were no reports of casualties or damage. ...
Volley of Mortar Attacks on Western Negev
Gaza terrorists fired a series of ten mortar shells at the western Negev on Thursday in an escalation of terrorist violence aimed at southern Israel. ...
Al Qaeda in Gaza Teaching Terrorism
Gaza’s ruling Hamas regime issued an official statement on Wednesday that there are no Al Qaeda operatives in the region. A spokesman for the Hamas-run Interior Ministry expressed fury at rumors making the rounds in Israel of a gradual takeover in Gaza by the international Al Qaeda terrorist organization. ...
Plane bomb suspect joined al-Qaeda in London
A Nigerian man accused of the attempted bombing of a U.S.-bound plane on Christmas Day was recruited by al-Qaeda in London and met a radical American Muslim cleric in Yemen, a top Yemeni official said on Thursday....
At least 140 killed in south Sudan violence
At least 140 people were killed in a remote region of south Sudan, a U.N. official said on Thursday as aid agencies warned of a new civil war on the eve of the anniversary of a fragile peace deal between north and south....
Bomber's wife "proud" husband killed CIA agents
The wife of a double agent who killed seven CIA officers in a suicide attack in Afghanistan said on Thursday her husband regarded the United States as an enemy and she was proud of his mission....
Hamas and Egypt on Collision Course
The clashes at Rafiah between Hamas-controlled mobs and Egyptian security forces will lead to a larger conflict between the two entities,...
Arab Shouts 'Kill Jews' on Miami Plane
An Arab airline passenger in Miami shouted "I want to kill all the Jews!" before police forced him off a Northwest Airlines plane in Florida Wednesday night, the Associated Press reported. ...
IDF to Southern Israel: 'Get Ready for Action'
GOC Southern Command chief Gen. Yoav Galant warned southern regional council heads Wednesday that Negev residents should “prepare themselves for another round of fighting.” The comments came during a tour of the regional council areas, as officials marked the first anniversary of the IDF’s counterterrorism Operation Cast Lead in Gaza....
Egypt, Arab Countries Sign Massive Arms Deals With U.S.
US airplane manufacturer Lockheed Martin has been given permission by the US government to sell 24 F-16 jet fighters to Egypt in a $3.2 billion deal. Congress was notified of the deal in October, according to a spokesperson for Lockheed Martin....
Coptic’s Christmas feast turned in mourning rituals
Nag Hammadi: January 7, 2010. (PCP) The Egyptian Coptic Christian’s Christmas feast turned in mourning rituals when gunmen opened fire on worshipers after midnight services in town of Nag Hammadi in Egypt. ...
Police clash in southern Egypt
Clashes broke out Thursday in southern Egypt between more than 2,000 Christian Copts and police after the Christmas Eve killing of six Copts in a drive-by shooting, police officials said. ...
Gunmen kill 7 after Christmas Mass in Egypt
Worshippers sprayed with bullets while leaving church service, officials say ...
Yemen security forces capture key Qaeda leader
Yemeni security forces, under U.S. pressure to rein in extremists, Wednesday captured a key al-Qaeda leader believed behind threats that saw foreign embassies in Sana’a hastily bolting their doors, police said....
Egyptian border guard shot dead in clash with Gazans
Egyptian security forces and Palestinians clashed at the Gaza border on Wednesday over the delay of an international aid convoy, killing one Egyptian border guard and wounding 10 Palestinians. ...
Syria will back Hizbullah against IDF
If Israel were to attack Hizbullah in Lebanon, Syria would respond and not sit idly by, the Katari Al Watan newspaper quoted Syrian sources as saying in a report published Wednesday. ...
Exchange of terrorist for Israel new Building
The Egyptian newspaper Al-Ghumuriya reports a new initiative proposed by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, based on the premise that allowing Israeli construction in Judea and Samaria would be an Arab “concession.” ...
Iraq sue Israel for Bombing of Nuclear Site
Iraq plans to use United Nations channels to seek billions of dollars in damages from Israel for the 1981 surprise strike on its nuclear facility at Osarik, according to Iraqi legislator Mohammed Naji Mohammed. ...
Air Force Strafes Rocket Terrorists
The Israeli Air Force on Tuesday bombed a rocket launching cell that was preparing to launch a missile on southern Israel following an earlier Kassam rocket attack several hours earlier. One terrorist was killed and three others were wounded, one of them critically. ...
Sweatshirt Sparks School Controversy
DEARBORN, Mich. -- About 15 Arab-American students at Edsel Ford High School are in trouble over a sweatshirt they had made over the holiday break. ...
Yemen sends thousands of troops to fight Qaeda
Yemen has sent thousands of security forces to take part in a campaign against al-Qaeda in three provinces, and authorities have detained five suspected fighters from the group, a security source said on Tuesday. ...
UK to launch airport body scanners in few weeks
Britain will introduce its first full-body scanners at London's Heathrow airport in about three weeks' time in the wake of the failed Detroit plane bombing, a minister said Tuesday. ...
Terror on UK Campus Islamic Fundamentalism, Times blame
Islamic fundamentalism rife on British university campuses may be responsible for the attempted terror attack on the Detroit-bound flight targeted on December 25....
Two Coptic priests and Five Coptic Christians Jailed!
Seven Coptic Christians, including two priests, were sentenced to prison for allegedly being involved in a brawl in connection with a dispute over the purchase of a property by the Coptic Orthodox Bishopric of Delga and Deir Mawas, 270 KM from Cairo. ...
Abused woman sends SOS from Saudi Arabia
MIRI: A woman married to a Saudi Arabian has sent an SOS to her family in Ulu Baram, claiming she is being abused and ill-treated by her husband there....
Arab Fired for Spreading Anti-Israel Disinformation At Work
A recent interview of three Arab employees of Israeli institutions revealed that the men use their positions to slam Israel, against their employers' knowledge. One has already been fired. ...
Jerusalem Must be up for Negotiation
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu there would be no Arab-Israeli negotiations without Jerusalem on the table. ...
PA Rejected Request to Arrest Fugitive Before He Murdered Rabbi
Shortly before the murder of Rabbi Meir Chai ten days ago, the Palestinian Authority rejected a request by Israel's security forces to re-arrest Fatah terrorist Anan Subuh, who later participated in the murder. ...
5 US suspects in Pakistan defend 'jihad' plans
SARGODHA, Pakistan – Five Americans detained in Pakistan told a court Monday they intended to cross the border into Afghanistan to wage jihad against Western forces but denied any links to al-Qaida or plans to carry out terrorist attacks in Pakistan....
Somali threats against Swedish illustrator
Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who sparked outrage with caricatures of the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a dog, has received threats via telephone from Somalia. ...
Bomber at CIA base was a double agent
The suicide bomber who killed eight people inside a CIA base in Afghanistan was a Jordan-born terrorist double agent who was invited to the base because he claimed to have information targeting Osama bin Laden's second-in-command, a former senior US intelligence official and a foreign government official confirmed Monday. ...
US imposes extra security checks on air passengers from 14 countries
Everyone flying into US from or through countries including Nigeria and Yemen to face 'enhanced screening' at airports...
Two Qaeda militants killed in Yemen
Two al-Qaeda militants were killed and one injured in clashes with government forces in Yemen, a Yemeni security official told Reuters on Monday, while the United States and Britain kept their embassies in Yemen closed for a second day....
France rejects Iran's nuclear counter-proposal
France rejects Iran's latest move to set a new deadline to end the standoff over its contested nuclear program, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Monday....
Egypt bypasses face veil ban with flu masks
An Egyptian student filed a complaint Sunday for being forced to remove a flu mask she wore as a way of circumventing a recent ban on the face veil on university grounds....
Cleric among 10 held in vani case
MANSEHRA: Police have arrested 10 people including a cleric for being part of a jirga that declared two girls vani in Siran valley, an official said on Sunday....
Egypt fatwa on Gaza wall stirs controversy
Egypt's top Islamic body issued a fatwa sanctioning the construction of a steel wall between Cairo and the impoverished Gaza Strip, causing a stir amongst several scholars who accused Egypt of stifling the resistance in the strip. ...
Roadside bomb kills former Pakistan minister
A bomb attack in northwest Pakistan killed a former minister on Sunday, officials said, keeping up pressure on a government struggling to contain a raging Taliban insurgency and stabilize the country....
Islamic march plan sparks row in UK military town
A controversial Islamic group sparked a row in Britain on Saturday after announcing plans for a march to commemorate civilians killed in the Afghanistan war through a town known for honoring dead soldiers. ...
Video shows Iranian arms deals method
Footage released by the CIA shows a man conducting a clandestine arms deal in a Tbilisi, Georgia hotel, allegedly procuring parts of weapons and other military systems for use in Iran. ...
Britain, US close embassies in Yemen
Both the US and Britain have closed their embassies in Yemen, with American officials citing threats by the al-Qaida group linked to the failed bombing of a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day. ...
New UN Sanctions on Iran in 30 Days, Says Deputy Minister
Israel and Iran have traded warnings as the Islamic Republic plans another massive military exercise against a possible attack by...
Gaza Women Face Increased Violence Since Hamas Takeover
A new study by the Gaza-based Palestinian Women’s Information and Media Center (PWIMC) has found that local women have suffered increased violence since June 2007, when the Hamas terrorist group seized control of the region....
Jordan, PA Claim Dead Sea Scrolls
The London-based Globe and Mail reports that Jordan has asked Canada to seize Israel's 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scrolls that are currently on display in Toronto. The scrolls are on display untill Sunday at the Royal Ontario Museum. ...
PA Confiscating Israeli Snack Foods
The Palestinian Authority has confiscated from Arab shopkeepers in its jurisdiction thousands of shekels' worth of snacks which were produced in neighboring Jewish communities. ...
93 killed in Pakistan volleyball game suicide blast
A suicide bomber in a vehicle blew himself up at a volleyball game in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 93 people, officials said, the latest in a long series of deadly attacks by al-Qaeda-linked militants....
West has 1 month, or we'll make our own nuclear fuel
Iran warned on Saturday the West has until the end of the month to accept Teheran's counterproposal to a UN-drafted plan on a nuclear exchange, or the country will start producing nuclear fuel on its own. ...
IAF strikes Gaza smuggling tunnels
IAF planes attacked three targets in Gaza overnight Friday, a day after Grad-type rockets were fired at Netivot from the Strip. ...
Mousavi: I am 'ready for martyrdom'
Iran's opposition leader on Friday pledged to remain defiant in the face of new threats - including calls by hard-liners for his execution - and said he would sacrifice his life in defense of the people's right to protest peacefully against the government. ...
Somali shot after allegedly attempting to attack Danish cartoonist
A Somali man was shot as he allegedly tried to enter the home of Danish political cartoonist Kurt Westergaard -- known for his controversial depictions of the Muslim prophet Mohammad -- on Saturday, police said....
IAF pounds Gaza one day after rocket attacks
One day after Grad-type rockets landed in Netivot, the IAF attacked a number of targets in the Gaza Strip friday night. ...
The Loss of a Great Coptic Leader
Voice of the Copts presents its condolences to the family of a great Coptic leader Eng. Adley Abadeer....
Finland Mall Rampage: Gunman's Body Found
Police have found the body of a gunman who killed five people in a city near the Finnish capital of Helsinki....
Somalia's Shabab pledges to help Yemen’s Qaeda
Somalia's hard-line Shabab insurgents Friday said they will send fighters to Yemen to help al-Qaeda there in its fight against government forces, as the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh appealed for reason from those who joined the terror network. ...
Iranian authorities vow "no mercy" to opponents
Iranian authorities accused opposition leaders on Thursday of links to "foreign enemies" and warned they would be shown no mercy unless they changed course. ...
'Grad' Rockets Fired at Netivot
Gaza terrorists fired two Russian-made 'Grad' rockets at the southern Israeli town of Netivot Thursday night. There are no reports of casualties. Residents said that they heard two explosions. There was no warning siren before the rockets struck. ...
Hamas is Harming Sick Gazans for Propaganda
The Fatah-Hamas rivalry continues. Fatah sources in the Palestinian Authority accuse the Hamas government in Gaza of inventing a supposed “medicine shortage” and preventing sick patients from receiving treatment abroad....Author info
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