A 13-year-old Egyptian girl has died while being circumcised at a private village in the Daqahliya governorate north east of Cairo, Egyptian media reported on Sunday. “We left our daughter with the doctor and the nurse. 15 minutes later, the nurse took my daughter out of the operation room to a nearby room, along
The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s associate dean, Rabbi Abraham Copper, declared the cartoon was “so virulently ant-Semitic it would make Hitler and Himmler weep tears of joy.” Recently, a leading Norwegian daily published one of the worst anti-Jewish caricatures, depicting Jews torturing a baby during a circumcision and Rabbi Cooper was referring to that travesty.
Liberal-minded Egyptians and supporters of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood now share one thing: the rival sides are closely following protests in Turkey, a country that has provided the heavily polarized and increasingly impoverished Egyptians with a tantalizing model for marrying Islamist government with a secular establishment and achieving prosperity along the way. Turkey, a
Sudan may reverse its decision to close cross-border oil flows from South Sudan but its neighbor must stop supporting rebels, Sudan's Information Minister said on Sunday. “We plan to close the oil pipelines within 60 days... but we might reverse the decision,” Ahmed Belal Osman told reporters. “The door is open for rational thinking...
Casualties were high in Jerusalem, partly because Israel had decided to use little artillery in the Old City, in order not to damage the ancient churches and mosques. Jordan had no such qualms. Even the hospital was shelled. Arab mortars and artillery opened fire on us while I taped over glass panes in the
Tens of thousands of demonstrators packed the streets of Turkish cities on Saturday, challenging Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call to end their civil uprising with a chorus of angry chants and a shower of red flares, AFP reported. The government said the protests were “under control” even as the largest crowds yet packed
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Russia’s President Vladimir Putin over the weekend that Israel will hold its fire against Syria – as long as Syria holds its fire against Israel. In a statement at the opening of the government’s regular Sunday morning Cabinet meeting Netanyahu said he had discussed the situation with Putin in
Israel has allegedly reiterated its warnings to Syria over activity in the Golan Heights, threatening in a document sent to the United Nations the IDF will attack Syrian tanks on its border. Jerusalem allegedly sent the warning to the U.N. Security Council via Herve Ladsous, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (UNDOF), according to a
Political Islam is the major force shaping the Middle East region today, and a dangerous one at that. The real question is if it can be tamed, and, more pointedly, what the West can do to bring about positive change during this pivotal time in history. But first, we have to understand what we're dealing
Bulgaria’s foreign minister said Wednesday that evidence that Hizbullah was behind a bomb attack last July on its soil that killed five Israelis was "circumstantial" and "not categorical" at this stage. The minister, Kristian Vigenin, said that as a result, Sofia would not back the European Union labeling the Lebanese organization’s military wing a
