Zoabi to testify before UN panel probing Flotilla massacre

Arab Knesset member Hanin Zoabi is expected to testify on Tuesday in Amman before a UN panel investigating Israel's deadly attack on Freedom Flotilla convoy that happened on May 31.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf Advocates Moderate Religious Outlook at Dubai School of Government Talk

The Imam’s comments came during a talk on “Religious Tolerance and Muslim Life in America” held at the Dubai School of Government (DSG).

Hurricane of inhumanity: five years after Katrina

Mamoon Alabbasi argues that, five years after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the principal lesson from that disaster – the need to put humanity above prejudice and greed – has

S’ad Al-Din Ibrahim: The Muslim Brotherhood – A Viable Alternative to the Egyptian Regime

After approximately three years abroad, Egyptian sociologist and human rights activist Dr. S'ad Al-Din Ibrahim returned on August 4, 2010 for a two-week visit to his homeland, where a number

Mubarak hints succession by taking son to peace summit in Washington

"Gamal has long been the center of speculation that he will replace his ageing father - but until now the 82-year-old president has kept his presumed heir at arm's length

Electricity blackouts put lives of Palestinian patients in Gaza at extreme risk

The Palestinian ministry of health (MOH) has warned Monday that the continued electricity brownouts for long intervals and on daily basis in Gaza Strip could jeopardize lives of hundreds of

U.S. consulate refuses to receive note from protesting J’lem MPs

The U.S. consulate in Jerusalem has refused to accept a letter from the Jerusalem MPs sitting in at the Red Cross headquarters at the pretext of having no staff to

Settlers fire at teenage Palestinian farmers

Ten Zionist settlers fired at and chased three Palestinian farmers in Deir Istiya village, Nablus, on Tuesday morning while tending to their lands.

A Peace Plan Within Our Grasp

IT’S been 10 long years since the Palestinians and Israelis last came close to establishing a permanent peace, in January 2001 at Taba in Egypt.

EGYPT: Opposition bemused by dissident’s support for president’s son

Egyptian political activists are furious at fellow democracy and human rights campaigner Saad Eddin Ibrahim after the sociologist signed a petition urging President Hosni Mubarak's son, Gamal, to run in