Israelis and Palestinians are more skeptical now of the prospects of striking a final peace agreement than in previous years, a study has found. According to a joint poll commissioned by Jerusalem's Hebrew University and the Palestinian Center for Police and Survey Research, the long-term impact of the summer war between Israel and Gazan
When I first heard about the decision by the Tel Aviv municipality to cancel school trips to Jerusalem, citing security concerns, I must admit my reaction was one of borderline derision. Indeed, those who are actually acquainted with the reality on the ground inside Jerusalem know that - while some areas are genuinely dangerous if
An Egyptian jihadist group released video footage on Tuesday that it said showed the execution of two army informants in the insurgent flashpoint of the Sinai Peninsula, AFP reports. Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis, the country's deadliest terrorist group which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group (ISIS), has previously released videos of beheadings.
Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas warned on Tuesday that his administration would "no longer deal" with Israel if a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an Israeli withdrawal from Judea and Samaria fails. "If the Arab-Palestinian initiative submitted to the Security Council to put an end to (Israeli) occupation doesn't pass, we will be
Not poverty-stricken, not misfits and not mentally ill. These are simply murderers. Not the dispossessed, not those, quoting Karl Marx, who would only lose their own chains. Professor Anthony Glees has compared them to the German terrorist organization Baader-Meinhof: “A movement of terrorists from the middle class, whose members were highly educated and
India is considering changing its traditional pro-Palestinian Arab stance and abstain in United Nations votes related to the Palestinian Authority, The Hindu news website reported on Sunday. The move could amount to a tectonic shift in the country’s foreign policy. Two sources within the government confirmed to The Hindu that the change, which
The Islamic State (IS), which has firmly established itself as the ruling entity in a large portion of Syria and Iraq, has recently begun instituting Shari'a Islamic law as the law of the land – in its full and literal sense. According to classic Islamic law, a thief must have his right hand cut
Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was quoted Sunday as saying diplomatic means are his weapon of choice in the battle against Israel instead of inciting terrorism - and then went on to threaten terrorism. "I won't talk about using weapons against Israel and I will only use diplomatic means, but if the Palestinian
Egypt said Saturday it aims to end differences with Qatar, as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with an envoy from the Gulf emirate, reports AFP. Ties between Cairo and Doha deteriorated after Sisi, who was then the army chief, ousted Mohammed Morsi, whose Muslim Brotherhood movement is backed by Qatar. Since Morsi's ouster
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are claiming their most decisive victory yet against the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group in northern Iraq, by breaking the jihadists' siege of the strategic Mount Sinjar. Mount Sinjar has been the scene of one of the most high-profile humanitarian emergencies in the fight against ISIS, with thousands of Yazidi
