While the United States believes that the Palestinian Authority is ready for statehood, and that PA leaders would be successful stewards of an independent state, no progress will be made in negotiations to reach that goal unless “the two sides are willing to think outside the box and get out of some of the old
I am set to speak at the Great Neck Synagogue on April 14. But Tom Trento has uncovered emails that reveal a coordinated leftist/Muslim campaign to intimidate synagogue officials into canceling my talk. Please pay close attention to these emails and read each one. These show how the machine operates. They deploy their forces carefully,
U.S. President Barack Obama left Jordan on Saturday, ending a four-day tour in the Middle East which included a warm embrace of Israel and warnings to Iran on its nuclear program. Air Force One lifted off from Amman airport in the early afternoon bound for Washington, after Obama spent the morning touring ancient ruins
Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti has criticized the social media website Twitter as a “council of clowns” and a place for those who “unleash unjust, incorrect and wrong tweets.” Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Aziz al-Sheikh made the statements during a speech to Saudi Arabia’s senior religious scholars on Friday, the Saudi-based al-Watan newspaper reported Saturday. The
A Tunisian Salafi preacher has called for a 19-year old girl who posted her topless pictures on Facebook to be “quarantined” and stoned to death before she starts “an epidemic.” Tunisian newspaper AssabahNews quoted Salafi preacher Alami Adel, who heads the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, saying: “According to
After just over a year in power, Morocco’s Islamist-led government is struggling to fulfill the high hopes brought on by its election in 2011 on promises to fight corruption, provide for the needy and reform the country. Working within a coalition of often reluctant allies, the moderate Islamists of the Justice and Development Party
Clashes in the Egyptian capital erupted on Friday between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and protestors that stand against the leading party. Four buses belonging to the brotherhood were torched and ransacked in Cairo, Al Arabiya's correspondant reported. The violence in they city has injured at least 40 people up till now, police have
Syria’s president has vowed to rid the country of Muslim extremists whom he blamed for a suicide bombing that killed over 40 people, including a top Sunni preacher. "I present my condolences to the Syrian people for the martyrdom of Sheikh Mohamed Saeed al-Bouti, a great figure in Syria and the Islamic world," he
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said on Thursday that it would defend its headquarters against protests if necessary, raising the possibility of a confrontation at a demonstration planned in Cairo on Friday. Anti-Brotherhood protesters clashed with riot police wielding tear gas outside the building earlier this week, the latest burst of street unrest in a country
Many Egyptians are not seen in favor of the intended International Monetary Fund (IMF) rescue loan of 4.8 billion U.S. dollars, as the government may raise prices and impose extra taxes. According to local media reports on Wednesday, the country is expected to receive the first part of the loan before this July. IMF
