The British pro-Hamas Viva Palestina organization suffered a setback recently, when Egyptian authorities refused to allow the organization’s aid convoy to enter Gaza. According to a report by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC), it was the sixth time that Viva Palestina failed to deliver aid to Gaza via Egypt. Viva Palestina is
IAF aircraft struck two weapons storage sites in northern and southern Gaza on Tuesday night, according to a statement by the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. The statement noted that direct hits at the targets were identified. All Israeli planes returned safely to their base. The attack came in response to high trajectory fire into
Russia, which is helping Iran develop nuclear power, has more nuclear warheads than any country in the world, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s annual report released Monday. Worldwide, there are an estimated 19,000 nuclear warheads held by eight countries. The list of countries includes Israel, which the Institute estimates has 80
Liberal talk show host Tawfiq Okasha recently appeared on "Egypt Today" airing a video of Muslims in Tunisia slicing a young man's head off for the crime of apostasy, in this case, the crime of converting to Christianity and refusing to renounce it. The video—be warned, it is immensely graphic— (the actual execution appears from
As was expected, the Palestinian Authority glorified the 91 terrorists whose bodies were returned by Israel, as a gesture by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) research organization, which monitors and translates the PA-based media, has translated and presented on its website several incidents in which
The White House on Tuesday confirmed the killing of al-Qaeda’s second in-command and top strategists Abu Yahya al-Libi and described his death as a “major blow” to the militant group and said there was no clear successor to take over his role. White House spokesman Jay Carney, citing U.S. intelligence sources, said Libi was
The health condition of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is ‘severely deteriorating,’ prison sources told Al Arabiya, three days after he was sentenced to life for complicity in the murder of hundreds of protesters last year. Sources inside Cairo’s Tora prison told Al Arabiya that Mubarak collapsed following visits on Monday by his wife
Crowds of Egyptians flocked to Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square for a ‘million-man rally’ against the judicial rulings in Hosni Mubarak’s trial, his sons and senior security officials. Marchers left to Tahrir from several mosques around the capital led by the runners-up in last month’s presidential election first round – Hamdeen Sabbahi, Abdel Moneim Abul
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received two shocks on Saturday: a life sentence and orders for his immediate transfer from the International Medical Center where he was staying to the prison where he will serve out his sentence. Mubarak was taken by surprise when he discovered that the helicopter that was transferring him landed
A senior IDF official said on Monday that there has been an increase in attempts by terrorists who were released in the Shalit deal and sent to Gaza to promote terrorism in Judea and Samaria. Speaking to Army Radio, the official said that the terrorists released in the deal and who are living in
