As Israelis mourn the passing of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Palestinian leaders from both the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority and the Islamist Hamas movement celebrated his death, with a senior official labelling him a "criminal" and accusing him of being responsible for the death in 2004 of former PA Chairman Yasser Arafat. "Sharon was
A 15-year-old boy in Pakistan is being hailed as a hero, after he tackled a suicide bomber terrorist to stop him from blowing up his school on Monday. The boy was killed defending his fellow students, 2,000 of whom were at the school, as the bomb detonated. The boy, Aitzaz Hasan, was with his
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu claimed on Thursday that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and the Al-Qaeda affiliate the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) are “backstage partners,” Al Arabiya reported. “Certain circles showcase threats of al-Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant so as to manufacture a
63 Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Egypt were sentenced Thursday to three years in jail on charges including rioting, thuggery and weapons possession, Al Arabiya reports. It was the largest number of Brotherhood supporters sentenced in one case since the army-backed authorities began cracking down on the movement after former President Mohammed Morsi was deposed
Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas briefed Jordanian King Abdullah II Wednesday on Middle East peace negotiations, according to AFP, after US Secretary of State John Kerry failed to find a framework deal for final talks. "The meeting with his majesty focused on exchanging views about unifying the Jordanian-Palestinian position on... Kerry's initiative," the palace
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry proposed to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas the “return” of 80, 000 Palestinian “refugees” to Israel, a well-informed Palestinian Authority (PA) official told Chinese news service Xinhua on Monday. The senior official of said on condition of anonymity that Kerry's proposal on the “return of Palestinian refugees” was
Gazan Arab terrorists "saluted" Ariel Sharon on the occasion of his funeral Monday by firing two rockets at the Negev Monday afternoon. The rockets hit an area north of Sderot at about 4 p.m., several hours after Sharon's funeral concluded. There were no injuries and no damage reported. "Two projectiles landed in an open
The funeral procession for Israel's 11th prime minister, Ariel Sharon, who died on Saturday at age 85, began Monday morning at the Knesset at a formal event attended by President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, US Vice President Joseph Biden, and former British prime minister Tony Blair. The casket was then taken by motorcade
An Egyptian labor ministry official and three trade union activists were kidnapped in the Sinai on Tuesday, the ministry said, according to AFP. Local police were investigating whether Sinai terrorists were behind the abduction, the report said. Meanwhile in Cairo, assailants threw a bomb and opened fire on a small traffic police station
The Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to incite against Israel, even as peace talks are continuing, but the spokeswoman of the State Department on Tuesday refused to condemn or even discuss this incitement. Jen Psaki was asked by a reporter whether the United States agreed with comments made by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and other
