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DemocracyEye on IOFHuman RightsObamaPalestine November 7, 2009

Obama’s Middle East Failure

Obama began a test of strength with Israel over that country's policy of illegal settlements, an expansion of its occupation of the West Bank driven by extremist, right-wing settlers who
DemocracyElbaradei Campaign November 7, 2009

Egypt’s Next Unelected President?

It is always amusing to see how authoritarian regimes endow themselves with the trappings of democracy – a party, parliament, “elections” – as if they somehow confer legitimacy to otherwise
Human RightsPalestine November 7, 2009

838 Students Still Trying to Leave Gaza for Study Abroad

Once again, following the start of the academic year at many institutions of higher education around the world, some 838 Palestinian students are still waiting to leave Gaza to study
Human RightsPalestine November 7, 2009

Palestinian Authority: Goldstone Report and Realizing the mistake!

The Palestinian Authority appears to be attempting an about turn on endorsing the Goldstone report that criticises Israel's conduct in its war on Gaza. The Palestinian representative to the United
DemocracyPalestine November 7, 2009

Gov’t slams Abbas’s envoy to UN for accusing Palestinians of violations

The Palestinian government in Gaza strongly denounced the remarks made during a session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday by Mahmoud Abbas’s envoy to the UN Riyadh Mansour in
Human RightsPalestine November 7, 2009

Winter rains to drench Gaza

The Gaza sewerage treatment station and the rainwater drainage system in the Gaza Strip could not deal with heavy rains, which means that certain suburbs could be flooded, the director
Human RightsPalestine November 7, 2009

Euro delegation confers with Syrian president on Palestinian refugees

The Palestinian return center (PRC) has organized a visit by a European parliamentary delegation to Palestinian refugee camps in Syria followed by a meeting with president Bashar Al-Assad over conditions
Fanatic Messages November 7, 2009

Resheq demands British gov’t to apologize openly for Balfour declaration

Ezzat Al-Reshsq, a member of Hamas political bureau, called on the British government to apologize outright to the Palestinian people for the crime committed by its former minister of foreign
Human RightsIslamic Issues November 7, 2009

Turkish university students throw eggs at Israeli ambassador

Turkish students in the city of Trabzon on Wednesday hurled rotten eggs at Israeli ambassador to Turkey Gabby Levy during his visit to the Black Sea university in protest at
DemocracyPalestine November 7, 2009

Abbas admits failure of the peace process

Mahmoud Abbas, the beleaguered head of the Palestinian Authority, has finally but belatedly admitted that the so-called Peace process with Israel has completely failed and that the Palestinian people will