B’Tselem: Israel demolished 667 Palestinian homes as mass punishment

B’Tselem, the Israeli information center for human rights in the occupied Palestinian lands, stated that the IOA had demolished as a mass punishment 667 Palestinian homes, since October 2001 until

Haneyya asks Arab leaders to break the suffocating siege off Gaza

Ismail Haneyya, the premier of the PA caretaker government in Gaza, has asked the Arab leaders scheduled to hold their summit conference by end of March in Syria to adopt

Muslim Brotherhood leader rules out use of violence

The leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood opposition group ruled out the use of force against a government crackdown amid accusations that the movement is crying wolf to win sympathy.

Hamas Gains in Popularity, Poll Finds

During three months of floundering peace talks overshadowed by violence, the U.S.-backed Palestinian leadership in the West Bank has lost popular support and is now viewed as less legitimate than

Why Shariah?

Last month, Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, gave a nuanced, scholarly lecture in London about whether the British legal system should allow non-Christian courts to decide certain matters of

IOF troops kill four Palestinian resistance fighters in northern Gaza

The IOF troops killed three resistance fighters affiliated Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement and another fighter affiliated with Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas,

Book Review: The Politics of Apocalypse—The History and Influence of Christian Zionism

Christian Zionism, a variant of Christian fundamentalism, is today a major global force to reckon with. Christian Zionists are a key player in American (and to a lesser extent, Western

RESPECTING THE QUR’AN

Geert Wilders is a Dutch politician who broke with a mainstream national party to form his own extreme-right, anti-immigrant platform. Wilders has directed most of his hatred in recent years

Iraq’s Blood-Sodden Anniversaries

"It reminds me of Iraq under Saddam," said a militant opponent of Saddam Hussein angrily to me last week as he watched red-capped Iraqi soldiers close down part of central

831 MBs Arrested by Egyptian Security Forces in Less Than Month

Egyptian security raids against Muslim Brotherhood potential candidates standing Municipal elections led to the detention of 831 candidates, according to Ikhwanweb counter.