Zahhar: Gulf fleet soon to head for Gaza

MP Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar, a political bureau member of Hamas, has said that a number of Gulf countries were planning to send a fleet of ships to the Gaza Strip

Letters from Palestine: a must-read book

Stuart Littlewood reviews Kenneth Ring’s book, Letters from Palestine, a collection of personal stories from Palestinians and an “an accurate portrayal of the plight of the Palestinians”, which “will put

Irrigation Ministers meet to discuss Nile water agenda

Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Nasr el-Din Allam is expected to submit a report rounding up Egypt 's contribution in the recent Nile Basin Initiative summit in

HR groups call for harsher punishment of human rights violators in Egypt

Sidi Gaber's district prosecutor in Alexandria accused Khaled Saed's family of bribing witnesses to provide false testimonies regarding the death of their 28 year old son who was brutally murdered

Cairo bars entry of Jordanian unionists into Gaza for 3rd day running

Jordanian trade union sources informed a Palestinian Information Center reporter in Amman on Monday that Egyptian authorities continue to prevent the trade union delegation from entering the Gaza Strip for

UN vows to bring torture perpetrators to justice

Niva Pillay the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights vowed that perpetrators must be brought to justice sooner or later, and that the amnesty laws will only provide them with

Israel to approve master plan to expand Jewish zones in east J’lem

The Israeli ministry of interior's planning and construction committee intends to approve an unprecedented master plan to expand what it called the Jewish neighborhoods (settlement outposts) in occupied east Jerusalem,

Turkey closes its airspace to Israeli planes

Turkish authorities have officially closed Turkish airspace to Israeli planes, reinstating their demands for Israel to apologize to Turkey, form an international committee to investigate the Freedom Flotilla massacre, and

Chavez: Israel a state of genocide

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez described Israel as a "state of genocide acting as a murderer for the United States,” expecting that one day it will be put “in its proper

G8: Gaza siege unsustainable

The G8 leaders said, at the closing statement of their meeting in Canada, that the Israeli siege should not continue in its current form and that more aid should reach