U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday and expressed concern over mass trials and the continued detention of journalists and peaceful activists, AFP reports. During a telephone call, the White House said, Obama encouraged Sisi to "invest in the political, economic, and social aspirations of the Egyptian
Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas issued condemnations of two terrorist attacks within the span of a month - an investigation of the texts reveals there is a world of difference between apparently sincere condemnations he makes, and insincere ones when Jews at prayer are the victims. In the first of the two cases,
Since the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS), which controls wide expanses of territory in Syria and Iraq, proclaimed a worldwide Islamic caliphate in June, it has gradually formed into a fledgling political entity. The latest propaganda video distributed by Islamic State presents footage of the General Services Department in the al-Raqqah region of Syria.
Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's adviser on Religious and Islamic Affairs assured in his televised weekly sermon last Friday that Israel will be destroyed, and that military options are being considered to make that happen. The comments made by Mahmoud Al-Habash, who also serves as PA Supreme Sharia (Islamic law) Judge, on the
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman criticized the UN Security Council's pressure on Israel Tuesday, noting that the Palestinian Authority's (PA) demands to force Israel to withdraw from Judea and Samaria within a strict two-year timeline is part of "a political attack" on the Jewish state, fomented by the EU. "Even the European Parliament [itself] will
The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) UN envoy, Riyad Mansour, told member-states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a first address on Monday that the Palestinians plan to join the ICC "at an appropriate time." Mansour made the address after the PA was given the status of observer state to the assembly of states parties
The Hamas-affiliated Al-Rai website reported on Monday that Saudi Arabia recently sent an angry message to the Hamas leadership over the group’s rapprochement with Iran, which Riyadh considers to be an enemy of the Sunni Muslim world. According to the report, senior officials in the Saudi intelligence contacted Hamas leaders and asked them to
The Palestinian Authority (PA) announced on Sunday that the draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council that would set a two-year deadline for Israel to “end its occupation” will be submitted on Wednesday. "The Palestinian leadership took a decision to go to the Security Council next Wednesday to vote on their project to
The Danish parliament will debate a motion calling for the recognition of “Palestine” as a state on Thursday, the Ma’an news agency reports. Danish MP Holger K. Nielsen, one of the main drivers behind the initiative in Denmark, told the news agency that the first reading will take place Thursday before a potential vote
Ziad Abu Ein (55), a senior Palestinian Authority (PA) official, died in Ramallah on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack during a 300-strong "protest march" in Samaria according to IDF appraisals; reportedly he had high blood-pressure and diabetes. Arab sources claim that Abu Ein died after being shoved by Israeli soldiers during a march
