A court in Egypt on Saturday sentenced 11 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to prison terms ranging from five to 88 years for rioting, the BBC reported. The defendants were arrested during a wave of protests that followed the ousting of Morsi last year. Five of the 11 people sentenced on
Egyptian water-pipe smokers were left disappointed on Thursday, as the Nile state banned a competition known as the "World Shisha (water pipe) Championship." Health Minister Adel Adawi on state TV criticized the event, which was scheduled to be held at an exhibition center in Cairo on Thursday and Friday, reports Al Arabiya. According
On his trip to the Middle East, the Pope is going to make obvious his support for the PA and antagonism for Israel. Pope Francis’ visit in the “holy land” will be a kind of final solution for the Jewish sovereignity over Jerusalem. After visiting Amman, the Pope will be received by “the
Abbas always knows exactly what he is doing and why. The Israelis are finally catching on. The gloves are off. Israel has had enough. Or so it surely seems. When Israel’s left of center Justice Minister Tzipi Livni bails out in disgust it can only mean that the entire nation has finally awakened
The kiss-of-death (In Italian: Il bacio della morte) is the sign given by a mafia boss to a family-mob-member that signifies that the specific family-mob-member has been marked for death. Marlon Brando, playing Don Corleone, made it famous in the "Godfather" movies. Obama has just given the Saudis a kiss-of-death, and the Saudis know
Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon (Likud) denounced on Saturday night the speech by Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas before the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Central Council. Danon particularly took issue with Abbas’s claim in the speech that a unity government with Hamas is not a terrorist government. “Abbas is on his way
Iran welcomed Saturday a reconciliation deal between the the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Hamas, which it said amounted to a coalition against the "Zionist regime," a reference to Israel. "The Islamic Republic of Iran salutes the reconciliation of the Palestinian groups against the Zionist regime... and against the excessive demands and aggressions of
The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday accused Israel of “shooting at Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip,” ignoring the deliberate provocations of Palestinian Arabs along the border fence. A report by the group cited by AFP said that four Palestinian Arabs have been killed near the border fence since the beginning of
Hamas’s Gaza Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, on Friday evening telephoned Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. According to the Ma’an news agency, it was the first time the two had spoken directly since the reconciliation pact between Hamas and Fatah was announced earlier this week. During the phone call, Haniyeh stressed the need
Two people were killed in clashes on Friday between protesters and police in the Egyptian city of Fayoum, AFP reported, citing local security officials. Supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi have pressed a protest campaign since his overthrow last July, despite an extensive crackdown that has killed more than 1,400 people and imprisoned
