Leadership, Bush and the New York Times

In one of his very first editorials as a brand new columnist with the New York Times, Mr. William Kristol showed a skewed perception of world events. The article, ’The

THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM: A RELIGIOUS WAR?

The United States has been actively engaged in prosecuting the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) since September 2001. However, after 5 years of national effort that has included the loss

EU deputies slam Egypt over rights despite Cairo threats

European Union lawmakers adopted Thursday a resolution criticising Egypt’s human rights record, as Cairo threatened to sever ties with the assembly and summoned EU ambassadors to complain.

Egypt police dump opposition leader in suburbs

Egyptian police took the 70-year-old leader of the opposition Kefaya movement from a protest in central Cairo on Thursday and dumped him in a desert suburb about 20 km (12

Shahed: IOF uses banned weapons, as number of victims of IOF attacks rises to 25

The Palestinian institute for human rights "Shahed" demanded an international investigation in the IOF use of weapons against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The Grand Jury and the persecution of Dr. Abdelhaleem Ashqar

Ever since his sentencing on 21 November, I have been ruminating on the extreme injustice perpetrated on Abdelhaleem Ashqar by the US government and the federal court in Chicago culminating

A Palestinian woman killed, 45 injured in a fresh Israeli air strike

One woman was killed and 45 others were wounded Friday afternoon when F-16 fighters bombed the old building of the interior ministry near the Islamic university, according to initial reports

Israeli air strike kills mother and her two sons in Gaza

The Israeli Apache choppers and reconnaissance planes hovering over Gaza Strip committed new crime against the Palestinian civilians as they killed a mother and her two sons in Beit Lahia

Is Hamas saving more Jewish lives than Olmert?

Hamas’s second in command, Mahmoud al Zahar, has saved more Jewish lives in his short tenure as Palestinian Foreign Minister, than Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. And how has he

George Galloway vs Neocon David Frum

As President Bush began his last big tour of the Middle East - and threatens US sanctions on Iran - George Galloway and David Frum debate the issues.