Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas railed against Israel during an address to the European Union parliament in Brussels on Thursday, slamming the Jewish state for committing “mass-murder”. The comments came hours after Abbas rebuffed efforts by EU President Martin Schultz to arrange a meeting between Abbas and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. While Rivlin accepted
A former Secret Service agent claims then-First Lady Hillary Clinton regularly had violent outbursts, abusing Secret Service agents verbally and at times physically. Gary Byrne, who guarded the Clinton’s during Bill Clinton’s tenure as president from 1993 to 2001, says the First Lady had an explosive personality behind closed doors, and treated those around
Jordan said Tuesday that 17 international firms have launched tenders for the construction of a canal linking the Red Sea to the shrinking Dead Sea. The ambitious project has been in the works for more than a decade and aims to provide much-needed water to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority. It moved
An Egyptian court has struck down an agreement between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which would have seen two strategic Red Sea islands transferred to Saudi control. News of the deal, struck earlier this year between Cairo's cash-strapped government and Riyadh, provoked angry protests by Egyptians, who saw the agreement as a blow to national
Hamas is rejecting the Arab Peace Initiative and calling on Arab countries to stop promoting it. Mahmoud Al-Zahar, a member of Hamas' political bureau, on Thursday said the initiative is a threat to vital Palestinian interests. In an interview with the Al-Arabi Al Jadid newspaper, Zahar called on Arab countries not to promote
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault warned on Friday that Israel's decision to bar Palestinians from entering its territory following the Tel Aviv attack could raise tensions and lead to more violence, AFP reports. "The decision by the Israeli authorities today to revoke tens of thousands of entry permits could stoke tensions
The Palestinians have begun talks with Egypt on setting out the maritime borders of their hoped for future state and the resources they can extract from the sea, their UN ambassador to the United Nations said Friday, according to AFP. The goal is to establish an exclusive economic zone off the coast
UN report reveals thousands of Yazidi sex slaves still held by ISIS terrorists. Arutz Sheva Staff Islamic State jihadists are still committing genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, United Nations rights investigators said Thursday. “Genocide has occurred and is ongoing," Paulo Pinheiro, head of the UN Commission of Inquiry
A senior French envoy held talks in Egypt on Thursday on his country's bid to organize an international conference later this year to impose a "two-state solution" on Israel, officials said. Negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians have been at a standstill since a US-led initiative collapsed in April 2014.
Syrian troops have found a mass grave containing the bodies of 42 people executed by Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists in Palmyra, it was reported on Saturday. ISIS has in recent months claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in Brussels and Paris, but has lost ground in Syria and Iraq. Days after Syrian troops backed
