The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) criticized Nigeria on Wednesday over its abstention during a UN vote on Palestinian statehood on Tuesday. In a statement quoted by the Ma’an news agency, the representative Muhannad al-Akluk, said Nigeria’s move was a "big disappointment", adding that voting against “Palestine” despite
The Arab Spring hopes are a distant dream but ISIS is real. 2014 was a year in which we witnessed the continued deterioration of the modern Arab state, while in contrast, two older poitical frameworks rose in popularity. Syria is undergoing a long and bloody process of disintegration. Assad controls about a quarter
You are not paying attention or you think they mean someone else when daily they threaten to wipe all Jews off the map. But they mean it. Finally I have arrived at this conclusion, that a visionary is not someone who sees the future, but someone who has the power of clarity to see
Hamas has praised Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's application to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a "step in the right direction." "This step needs to be part of a general policy and a joint national program," Hamas said in a statement, according to the Gaza-based Daily Sabah. Hamas also called
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) terrorist organization behind the Palestinian Authority (PA) complained loudly on Wednesday, after the unilateral PA bid demanding statehood and Israeli withdrawals was shot down in a vote at the UN Security Council. PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi said "the UN Security Council vote is outrageously shameful," reports AFP.
Egypt said Tuesday that work will begin next week to double the width of a buffer zone being built along the border with Gaza to prevent terrorists infiltrating into Egypt from the region, AFP reported. A 500-meter wide buffer zone is now being built along some 10 kilometers of the border, with some 800
