Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday launched a scathing verbal attack on Israel, following the continued clashes between Arab rioters and Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Abbas, speaking in particularly harsh language, insisted that none of Jerusalem's holy sites belonged to Israel, reported Al-Arabiya. "They are all ours
Prolonged disputes between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have left Gazans without electricity for eight-hour stretches - and Gazans say that they prefer Israel over their Hamas rulers as the crisis continues. "The Israelis are better," Ibrahim, one Gazan, told Channel 2 Wednesday. "All talk on the street is about the electricity. All
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the Iran issue as he arrived in London on Wednesday, stating that the Islamic Republic is swindling the West via the Iran nuclear deal. "[Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei is not giving supporters of the agreement any room for illusion," Netanyahu began. "He has made it clear that the US is
The leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group, Ayman al-Zawahiri, on Wednesday said that rival group Islamic State (ISIS) and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi are “illegitimate”, but also said his followers would join them in fighting the Western-led coalition in Iraq and Syria if possible. Speaking in an audiotape on the internet and quoted
The ongoing rivalry between ISIS and Al Qaeda has reached new heights this week, with ISIS distributing "Wanted Dead" posters for several key Al Qaeda commanders - including the group's leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri The posters began circulating earlier in August and were apparently the work of ISIS's official branch in Libya. ISIS has been
Two journalists have been shot and killed while on the job near Roanoke, Virginia, on Wednesday morning. The reporters have been named as WDBJ7 reporter Allison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27. {youtube}toejyW8M8d0{/youtube} Both were covering a story at local shopping and sports center Bridgewater Plaza when an unknown gunman began
Middle East expert Dr. Mordechai Kedar of the Begin Sadat Center told Arutz Sheva Sunday that Palestinian Authority (PA) is about to “die totally” and that PA chief Mahmoud Abbas's resignation may stem from the fact that he does not want to be there when it “officially” breathes its last. Kedar analyzed Hamas-Fatah relations
Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists have destroyed a temple at Syria's ancient ruins of Palmyra, activists said Sunday, according to The Associated Press (AP). The move realizes the worst fears archaeologists had for the 2,000-year-old Roman-era city, after the extremists seized it and beheaded a local scholar. Palmyra, one of the Middle East's most
Lebanese officials are said to fear that Hezbollah will take advantage of protests in Lebanese cities about how the garbage is collected to engineer a coup. The “trash crisis,” as the London-based Al-Araby newspaper calls the protests, is an opportunity for Hezbollah to overthrow the government of Tammam Salam – and the terror group is
Hamas accused Egyptian intelligence of abducting four residents of the coastal enclave after they entered Sinai on a bus on Wednesday night - after Egypt learned that the four were senior Hamas naval commandos, reports Walla! on Thursday. The four commandos were on their way from the Rafiah Crossing to the airport in Cairo,
