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The fear factor that silences

Candidates for public office, high and low, are bewitched -frightened is the more accurate word - by an unwarranted but costly fear of the US lobby that functions on behalf

Mishaal: Hamas accepts a state on 1967 borders without recognizing occupation

Head of Hamas’s political bureau Khaled Mishaal has affirmed on Monday that his Movement was amenable to establishing a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital

Cairo University Professors organize a rally protesting military tribunals

On Sunday before al-Qubba Building, tens of university professors related to March 9th Movement for Egyptian Universities Independence along with other Cairo university professors have organized a rally showing solidarity

Palestinian administrative detainees appeal to PLC to activate their file

The Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails called in a letter to the PLC for activating their issue with international forums, the Hague tribunal and human rights organizations in order

Haneyya: Carter is not a mediator

Ismail Haneyya, the premier of the PA caretaker government, on Monday stressed that former American president Jimmy Carter was not an intermediary but underlined that his visit was politically important

The Lion and the Gazelle

Tonight the Jews all over the world will celebrate the Seder, the unique* ceremony that unites Jews everywhere in the defining Jewish myth: the Exodus from Egypt.

The U.S. Role in Haiti’s Food Riots

Riots in Haiti over explosive rises in food costs have claimed the lives of six people. There have also been food riots world-wide in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivorie, Egypt,

Barack Obama did it again!

Dude, it goes like this: We’re bringing democracy to the Middle East. Tax cuts for the obscenely wealthy are to stimulate the economy. George Bush is more patriotic than Al

Katatny Demands Investigation into Mahallah Riots

Mohamed Saad Al-Katatni, chief of MB parliamentary bloc, called on the People’s Assembly to form a fact-finding committee to disclose what happened in Al-Mahalla.

Carter Calls for Engaging Hamas

Jimmy Carter- former US president- met Khaled Meshal; head of Hamas political bureau, at one of Hamas’ offices in Damascus. Both Mosa Abu-Marzouq, deputy head of Hamas’ political bureau, and