Hours after he called on Israel to “end the occupation of the West Bank”, U.S. President Barack Obama met Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday. During the meeting, reported the Associated Press, Obama said that no one is under the illusion that peace between Israelis and Arabs will be easy, but claimed
Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz dismissed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s speech at the United Nations as offering nothing new. Steinitz, the head of the Israeli delegation that boycotted Rouhani’s UN General Assembly address, said the new Iranian president tried "to cheat the world, and unfortunately many people are willing to be cheated." "We
Iran is ready to engage in high-level talks with the United States, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in comments published Thursday by official news agency IRNA. “A meeting is not an end in itself, nor is it ruled out... President [Hassan] Rowhani has no problem in principle” with meeting U.S. President Barack Obama,
Iranian newspapers on Wednesday welcomed a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama for recognizing Washington’s “past mistakes,” saying a new international mood that favours Tehran has begun. In remarks before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Obama pushed for a “diplomatic path” with the new Iranian government. “I don’t believe this difficult
A group of Palestinian Authority Arab youth has called on PA Arabs to launch a new wave of armed resistance, or intifada, against Israel. The group, which calls itself the "Coalition of Intifada Youth in Palestine" on Tuesday issued a call for a new intifada to break out on the anniversary of the Second
Coptic Christians in America are welcoming a flood of refugees who have fled from violence in Egypt and are seeking to pressure the international community to come to the aid of those who are still being persecuted for their faith. Since the April 2011 demonstrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square -- and continuing through the
Look at the human rights violations in Iran, then look at Rouhani's household - and tell me if Rouhani is a "moderate". With all of the media blabber about how Hassan Rouhani is a moderate, the man with a golden tongue wo is going to address the United Nations and who was previously known
Egyptian authorities have shut down the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice newspaper in Cairo, the latest move aimed at crushing the Islamist movement, the Brotherhood said on Wednesday. “We the journalists of the Freedom and Justice newspaper condemn the security forces for closing down the headquarters of the newspaper,” the
The White House was locked down in a sudden security alert on Monday, after a man threw firecrackers over the outer fence, reported AFP. The incident came just hours after a gun massacre in Washington and sparked alarm. A Secret Service source confirmed to AFP that the man set off firecrackers, discounting some
As Arab civil strife engulfs the region, Israelis should spare a thought for other indigenous peoples fighting for their own rights. In northeastern Syria, a quiet revolution has begun. It does not involve rifles, bombs or any other kind of weapon for that matter - except, perhaps, for the pen. Kurdish residents
