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Egyptian blogger held incommunicado is at risk of torture

Egyptian-German blogger Philip Rizk was arrested by SSI officers on 6 February at a Gaza solidarity march. He was held in an undisclosed location for four days and was repeatedly

MP Accuses Government of Wasting the Grants for Sweeping Mines

Member of the MP Parliamentary Bloc Mohsen Rady has submitted an interrogation to the Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif and Fayza Abu Elnaga the Minster of International Cooperation on the Egyptian

Israel’s Dirty War in Gaza and Complicity of Her Allies

In recent years, life had become more and more unbearable in the area which once was called Palestine. Palestinians today, under a Jewish state that allows them no autonomy, suffer

GERMANY-1933 vs ISRAEL- 2009

In the early 1930s, many in Germany saw the Nazis as the wave for the future. Thousands of new members joined the Nazi party, giving absolute allegiance to the Fuhrer,

“We control America” -Israel’s stranglehold over US politics

Paul J. Balles looks at how unconditional American backing for Israel, engineered through the Zionist stranglehold over the US political process, has enabled Israel to commit war crimes and crimes

Ministry of prisoners deplores escalating deportation of Palestinian detainees

The ministry of prisoners’ affairs strongly denounced Friday the Israeli courts for escalating its deportation decisions against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails at the pretext that they hold foreign or

Halabaya: Jerusalem and its residents are under fierce attack from occupation

Dr. Ahmad Abu Halabayya, deputy head of the Jerusalem Committee in the Palestinian Legislative Council, said that the Aqsa Mosque and other holy places in Jerusalem are under a fierce

Obama: faith should unite, not divide

Using the traditional National Prayer Breakfast as his bully pulpit, President Obama declared this morning that faith should be a force for unity -- not an "excuse for prejudice and

Pointers for the Obama Administration in the Middle East: Avoiding Myths and Vain Hopes

But playing off Hamas factions against each other is a difficult game to play. Hamas leaders do indeed argue about strategy and tactics. But their divisions do not break down

Nour Release Welcomed, but Thousands Remain Unjustly Jailed

Freedom House welcomes today’s release of Egyptian dissident Ayman Nour and urges President Hosni Mubarak to release Egypt’s remaining political prisoners. Nour, who was jailed on dubious forgery charges after