Days before he is to step down from his position, Richard Falk, the UN’s “human rights expert” who probes Israel's conduct towards Palestinian Arabs, on Friday accused the Jewish state of a campaign of ethnic cleansing and apartheid policies. "The realities on the ground are worsening from the point of view of both international
As the West talks with Iran about a permanent deal regarding its nuclear program, an Iranian official recently chose to mock some Western officials. Hassan Rahimpour Azghadi, a member of the Iranian Supreme Council for Cultural Revolution, called the European Union’s Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton "that old lady" and made derogatory comments about
Eight days of Syria-linked clashes in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli have killed 24 people, a security source told AFP Saturday, as sniper fire forced the closure of the highway to Syria. Tripoli has been the scene of chronic sectarian fighting since the war in Syria erupted three years ago, with gunmen from
The Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah, the faction of PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, didn't let the peace talks with Israel deter their annual praising of the most lethal terror attack on Israel. Both groups reveled in the March 11 anniversary of arch-terrorist Dalal Mughrabi's horrific massacre. In 1978, Mughrabi led a group of terrorists
Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction went on the offensive Thursday, claiming that Hamas in Gaza is corrupt and "doesn't represent the Palestinian people." Fatah Spokesman Ahmad Assaf told Erem News that Hamas's attempts to influence Egypt's inner workings are "unacceptable," noting the ties between Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, both of
A viral video of a Cairo University student being aggressively sexually harassed has sparked controversy across Egypt on Wednesday over women's rights and roles. The video shows a blond-haired female student being subjected to a shocking level of verbal harassment simply for walking through the university campus. According to Al Arabiya, the student hid
Gaza's Hamas terrorist rulers on Tuesday sharply criticized Egypt's closure of the Rafiah border crossing, saying Cairo's tightening of restrictions on Gaza was a "crime against humanity," AFP reported. "The Egyptian authorities' insistence on closing the Rafiah crossing and tightening the Gaza blockade... is a crime against humanity by all standards and a crime
The chief Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiator, Saeb Erekat, on Monday once again blamed Israel for the lack of progress in peace talks, saying that the Israelis must choose between “settlements” and peace. Speaking with reporters following PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, Erekat accused Israel of having built more than
A suicide car bomb attack killed four people late Sunday in an area dominated by the Hezbollah terrorist group near the Syrian border, a Lebanese security source told AFP. The attack in the Bekaa Valley was claimed by the jihadist Al-Nusra Front in Lebanon, as well as by a little known extremist Sunni Muslim
Hamas head Khaled Mashaal said on Saturday that there is no solution to the Palestinian problem, except through renewal of the spirit of jihad and self-sacrifice for Allah. He stressed that this would happen “soon.” Mashaal spoke at an event in Qatar, dedicated to the memory of Palestinians who were killed in terror attacks
