Israelis and Palestinians are more skeptical now of the prospects of striking a final peace agreement than in previous years, a study has found. According to a joint poll commissioned by Jerusalem's Hebrew University and the Palestinian Center for Police and Survey Research, the long-term impact of the summer war between Israel and Gazan
An Egyptian jihadist group released video footage on Tuesday that it said showed the execution of two army informants in the insurgent flashpoint of the Sinai Peninsula, AFP reports. Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis, the country's deadliest terrorist group which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group (ISIS), has previously released videos of beheadings.
Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas warned on Tuesday that his administration would "no longer deal" with Israel if a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an Israeli withdrawal from Judea and Samaria fails. "If the Arab-Palestinian initiative submitted to the Security Council to put an end to (Israeli) occupation doesn't pass, we will be
India is considering changing its traditional pro-Palestinian Arab stance and abstain in United Nations votes related to the Palestinian Authority, The Hindu news website reported on Sunday. The move could amount to a tectonic shift in the country’s foreign policy. Two sources within the government confirmed to The Hindu that the change, which
Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was quoted Sunday as saying diplomatic means are his weapon of choice in the battle against Israel instead of inciting terrorism - and then went on to threaten terrorism. "I won't talk about using weapons against Israel and I will only use diplomatic means, but if the Palestinian
Egypt said Saturday it aims to end differences with Qatar, as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with an envoy from the Gulf emirate, reports AFP. Ties between Cairo and Doha deteriorated after Sisi, who was then the army chief, ousted Mohammed Morsi, whose Muslim Brotherhood movement is backed by Qatar. Since Morsi's ouster
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are claiming their most decisive victory yet against the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group in northern Iraq, by breaking the jihadists' siege of the strategic Mount Sinjar. Mount Sinjar has been the scene of one of the most high-profile humanitarian emergencies in the fight against ISIS, with thousands of Yazidi
U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday and expressed concern over mass trials and the continued detention of journalists and peaceful activists, AFP reports. During a telephone call, the White House said, Obama encouraged Sisi to "invest in the political, economic, and social aspirations of the Egyptian
Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas issued condemnations of two terrorist attacks within the span of a month - an investigation of the texts reveals there is a world of difference between apparently sincere condemnations he makes, and insincere ones when Jews at prayer are the victims. In the first of the two cases,
Since the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS), which controls wide expanses of territory in Syria and Iraq, proclaimed a worldwide Islamic caliphate in June, it has gradually formed into a fledgling political entity. The latest propaganda video distributed by Islamic State presents footage of the General Services Department in the al-Raqqah region of Syria.
