Veteran Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal was re-elected as head of the Islamic terrorist movement after a meeting in Cairo late on Monday. There had been speculation that Meshaal, 56, who is based in exile, would be forced aside by the movement's leaders in the Gaza Strip, which it has controlled since 2007. Meshaal
No one could accuse me of being an 'Obam-aton.' But, but, something positive seems to have happened to President Obama on the way to Jerusalem in 2013. And that something might just be good for Israel, and good for the United States. For within the flotsam and jetsam of inane and tired "Peace Process" clichés
Anti-Semitism is the way it is going in Europe. No more shame, no more prosecution of incitement - as long as it is aimed at Jews. "French politician honors Arab assassin of Israeli minister", said the headlines. Anti-Semitism aflame in Europe. Many of its intellectuals, academics, writers, columnists, Nobel laureates, journalists and
Egypt is negotiating a loan worth $465 million from the Arab Monetary Fund, the country’s finance minister Al-Mursi Al-Sayed Hegazy told Al Arabiya. The proposed package comes on top of the $4.8 billion in aid the country seeks from the International Monetary Fund. Masood Ahmed, director of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia
A Syrian expert on Middle Eastern affairs believes Iran is angling to fragment Syria and create an Alawite state in order to maintain its power in the region, Today’s Zayman reports. Professor Murhaf Jouejati opposes the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. A member of the faculty at the National Defense University in Washington
Jordan's King Abdullah II and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmud Abbas signed an agreement on Sunday confirming their "common goal to defending" Jerusalem and their opposition to efforts to “Judaize” the eternal capital of Israel. Palestinian Authority Religious Affairs Minister Mahmoud al-Habash said the agreement confirmed Jordan’s role as protector of the city’s holy sites
Former Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood member and ex-presidential candidate Abdul Moniem Abul Fotouh denied on Sunday calling for early presidential elections in comments he made last week. "Those who claim we are calling for early elections are lying to the people in their quest for [power]," Abul Fotouh said during a party conference in the
A church in Scotland opened its doors and welcomed hundreds of Muslims for Friday prayers, reported the BBC. Worshippers from the neighboring Syed Shah Mustafa Jame Masjid mosque share St. John’s Episcopal Church in Aberdeen with Christians up to five times a day. The church’s rector opened his doors to Muslims because many
Tthere is no Arab Apartheid Week on American campuses, but there should be. Slavery, in its most barbaric form, still exists in the Arab world and there is no Exodus in sight either. A shocking article for Passover Israel Apartheid Week has come and gone this year on many American campuses. It was, of
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi referred a law allowing the state to issue Islamic bonds to a panel of top Muslim scholars on Sunday, state media said, a step that could complicate the government's plans to pass the legislation. The parliament led by the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party approved the law earlier this
