An Islamic cleric in Gaza has issued a religious edict declaring it a sin to violate the truce arranged last week between Israel and Hamas. The fatwa – a religious edict – was ruled by Imam Suleiman al-Daya late Saturday. "Honoring the hudna (temporary ceasefire) which was arranged and sponsored by our Egyptian brethren
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas claimed Saturday the entity's renewed bid for United Nations membership is the “last chance” for Arab peace with Israel. The PA is hoping to create an independent, sovereign state in Judea, Samaria, Gaza and parts of Jerusalem that were restored to the Jewish capital in the 1967 Six-Day War.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel on Sunday that thousands of rockets would rain down on Tel Aviv and cities across the Jewish state if it attacked Lebanon. Speaking four days after the ceasefire which ended a week of conflict between Israel and the Islamist Hamas rulers of Gaza, Nasrallah said Hezbollah’s response to
Egyptian journalists called on Sunday for a general strike to protest guarantees of press freedom in a draft constitution, amid a political crisis sparked by decree by President Mohamed Mursi granting himself sweeping powers. They called for the strike during an emergency meeting of the Journalists Syndicate but have yet to set a date,
Iran is trying to close surround Israel on three sides with its “axis of evil” by offering free oil to Jordan. Iran and Syria, through its Hizbullah ally, threatens Israel on the northern border, and the Hamas-Muslim Brotherhood alliance south of the border allowed massive rocket and missile attacks on Israel until the ceasefire
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi reiterated on Sunday the "temporary nature" of his decrees, saying he wanted dialogue with political forces. Mursi made the announcement in a statement released by his office as he sought to contain a simmering crisis triggered by his decisions seen by many as a roadmap to dictatorship. The presidency
In a highly controversial statement that followed his ouster at the hands of President Mohammed Mursi, former Egyptian Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud opened fire on the Muslim Brotherhood and unveiled long-hidden information he claimed to have known about the group throughout his career. “Since I had started working as deputy prosecutor general, I
Terrorist rivals challenging Hamas’ control of Gaza may blow up the ceasefire reached last week, Voice of America reports. Hamas has agreed to an informal truce, negotiated by its Muslim Brotherhood ally that rules Egypt. The two principal triggers that can put a violent end to the truce are the Islamic Jihad and
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood called for protests across the country on Sunday to support President Mohammed Mursi, while the country’s judges urged for a nationwide strike against a decree they saw as granting Mursi new, extensive powers. The Brotherhood’s protest requests came as Egypt’s Judges Club, a body that represents judges throughout the country, called
Explosions targeted security bases in Sinai on Sunday, left three people injured, according to Egyptian security officials, who speculated militant groups in Sinai could be behind the attack. A massive explosion partly destroyed the wall of a security base being built for border guards in the town of Rafah at the border with the
