Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) may have just restarted but, according to the head of the United Nations, “Palestine” already exists. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who arrived in Ramallah on Thursday to meet PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, was quoted by AFP as having said upon his arrival that he was pleased
A Sunni Islamist group took credit on Thursday for the car bombing in a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut which killed at least 20 people. Shortly after news of the attack broke, an online video surfaced showing three masked men, two of them holding rifles, in front of a white flag inscribed with the Islamic
At least 173 people have been killed across Egypt in the last 24 hours, the government said on Saturday, after clashes between security forces and protesters. The deaths came after supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammad Mursi took to the streets after Friday prayers for nationwide demonstrations that quickly triggered violence. Egyptian police
Some U.S. lawmakers are calling for the Obama administration to shut off aid to Egypt in the aftermath of the army’s lethal crackdown on protesters. But untangling the aid relationship with Cairo would not be simple and could be costly for the United States as well as Egypt. A special financing arrangement Cairo
One of the biggest questions about fighting terrorism is whether the US intends to fight it on the military level or on the ideological level. And what does the ideological level mean. Wars have ideological components. Propaganda likely predated the written word. Undermining an enemy's morale can be a very effective means of
Egypt’s tourism industry was facing meltdown on Friday as foreign governments ordered visitors to stay in their hotels and tour operators began cancelling trips to the crisis-hit country. Fears of nationwide unrest in the wake of a violent crackdown by the military-backed interim government earlier this week have resulted in a string of countries
It is no wonder that so many citizens feel powerless to affect government actions, such as preventing the freeing terrorists or capitulation to Obama-Abbas. New immigrants and visitors to Israel, especially from Anglo-American countries, are mystified, if not appalled, by Israel’s political system, especially by its astonishing multiplicity of parties: 33 in its
A number of international companies have suspended operations in Egypt as three days of violent street battles make the streets of Cairo unsafe. General Motors Co., Electrolux AB, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Toyota Motor Corp., Suzuki Motor Corp., BASF SE and others shut down facilities and told thousands of workers to stay at
Egypt’s Malawi National Museum was damaged and looted by rioters during the clashes that have erupted throughout the country, reported Ahram online on Thursday. The museum, in the Upper Egyptian city of Minya, was allegedly broken into and some artifacts were damaged and stolen, according to a statement made by the Ministry of
The official death toll in the clashes that took place between the Egyptian military and the Muslim Brotherhood Wednesday has topped 500, and the actual number could be in the thousands. The Egyptian Health Ministry said Thursday that 525 people were killed a day earlier, when security forces stormed Islamist protest camps in Cairo
