A Missouri politician who was a local campaign manager for Obama claimed that no Jews died in the 9/11 attacks, then relectantly apologized. Bangladesh native MD Rabbi Alam ['Rabbi" is part of his full name] said in a discussion on the topic “Was 9/11 a conspiracy” that September 11, 2001 was an “official holiday
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court said on Tuesday it had overruled President Mohammed Mursi’s decision to recall the Islamist-led parliament that was dissolved by the country’s generals last month. The decision is expected to raise tensions between Mursi, the top court and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) which handed over power to
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court froze on Tuesday a presidential decree reinstating the Islamist-led parliament, hours after the lower house convened in defiance of the judiciary and military. “The court ordered the freeze of the president's decree,” AFP quoted a judicial source as having said, adding that it “ordered that its previous ruling be implemented.”
Egypt’s Islamist-led parliament reconvened on Tuesday in an open challenge to the generals who dissolved the assembly last month, stirring up tensions with the military just 10 days into Mohammed Mursi’s presidency. Parliament Speaker Saad al-Katatni, who like Mursi hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, which has the biggest bloc in parliament, opened the session
Israel should annex Judea and Samaria and put an end to the Palestinian Authority’s “salami system” of taking land, according to government coalition leader Ze’ev Elkin, a Likud Knesset Member. “For the past twenty years we have been discussing what we should give and why. The time has come for a completely different discussion.
Egypt’s highest court insisted Monday that its ruling to invalidate the Islamist-dominated parliament was final and binding, setting up a showdown with the country’s newly elected president after he ordered lawmakers to return. The announcement on state TV came a day after President Mohammed Mursi recalled the legislators, defying the powerful military’s decision to
Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has reminded the president-elect, Mohamed Mursi, of its own powerful position in the country. The military issued a statement saying it expects all state institutions to respect the constitution – a barely-disguised warning to the newly-elected Muslim Brotherhood member. The move followed a decision by
Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists launched an attack from Gaza Monday afternoon against residents of the Negev, in southern Israel. The anti-tank missile was aimed at a group of Israeli farmers working near the Gaza border. It exploded in a field near the farmers and their equipment, next to the security fence at a kibbutz
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court said on Monday that all of its rulings were “binding,” in response to a presidential decree reinstating parliament after the court ruled the house invalid. “All the rulings and decisions of the Supreme Constitutional Court are final and not subject to appeal... and are binding for all state institutions,” the
Egypt’s military council, which handed powers to an Islamist president last month, held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss a presidential decree ordering the dissolved parliament to reconvene, the state news agency reported. It said the meeting was headed by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who leads the council that had governed Egypt after
