On Monday deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was flown from his prison to stand trial for high treason and other suspected crimes. During course of this trial, alliances and connections could be revealed that incriminate foreign powers, in particular the US, that publicly claim to keep their hands clean of terrorist activity. As
For the first time ever, the New York Times had a front page story about how Hamas is brainwashing its high school students into hating Israel by having them read textbooks with false, defamatory, and one-sided narratives. According to Fares Akram and Jodi Rudoren, “The books used by 55,000 (Palestinian) children in eighth to
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is not happy with the verdict that absolved MK Avigdor Lieberman of guilt in the criminal case against him Wednesday morning. Senior PA official Nabil Shaath told Maariv: "Although the militant line is already leading the government, there is no doubt that Lieberman's return to the position of foreign minister
On Saturday, Russian news agency RT reported that the "Varyag," flagship of Russia's Pacific Fleet, and "Pyotr Veliky" ("Peter the Great"), the nation's most powerful nuclear-powered battleship, were moved into the Mediterranean Sea. The Varyag, which has been dubbed the "aircraft carrier killer," will perform a number of maneuvers, some in coordination with the
Livni's statements ensure a stalemate and an ensuing imposed agreement. Israeli Justice Minister and chief negotiator Tzipi Livni might not know it, but she is a better advocate for the right-wing in Israel than almost any other Israeli right-wing politician today. Tzipi Livni's desire to create a "West Bank" Palestinian Arab State with
Another sign that the British government has stepped up its Islamic finance proposition to a potentially important new level is the establishment by the UK government of the Global Islamic Finance and Investment Group (GIFIG), comprising financial regulators and chief executives from the OIC countries. UK Financial Secretary to the Treasury Sajid Javid who
Deep in the desert and far from his former base of power, ousted President Mohammed Mursi is being held in a sprawling penitentiary that is notorious as one of Egypt’s highest-security prisons. The move appears aimed not only at isolating him from other Muslim Brotherhood leaders who are jailed in Cairo but also to
Tensions heightened considerably in Egypt today (Monday) as the trial for ousted Muslim Brotherhood president Muhammed Morsi began, and was promptly adjourned. Morsi and 14 other members of the Muslim Brotherhood are in court on charges of incitement to murder and violence in the December 2012 presidential palace clashes, which pitched Morsi opponents against his
Muhammad G'malizda, a senior commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), has been reported to have been killed in the Syrian Civil War, according to the State-backed Iranian Mehr news agency. G'mazlida was killed sometime over the last few days by "Wahhabi terrorists", the agency said, giving no more details. Wahhabism is an ultra-conservative
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Egypt's interim rulers not to extend the state of emergency when it ends later this month, a senior American official said, according to AFP. "He pressed hard on not extending the state of emergency when it expires on November 14," a State Department official told
