Shura elections final results conclude well rehearsed play

Ten candidates from the Wafd Party and 14 from the Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement all appear to have lost, while run-off elections are expected to be held in five different

Zionist settlers burn hundreds of olive trees

Many Palestinian citizens were injured on Wednesday when they tried to stop Zionist settlers backed by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) from burning their olive trees in two villages in Nablus

Nicaragua cuts off ties with Israel in protest at attacking Freedom Flotilla

The government of Nicaragua severed Tuesday its diplomatic ties with Israel in response to its deadly attack on the Freedom Flotilla aid convoy bound for the besieged Gaza Strip.

Death of baby brings the death toll in the siege on Gaza to 374

A Palestinian infant died on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip because his family was not allowed to admit him for treatment in hospitals in the territories occupied in 1948, bringing

Pirates in the Mediterranean: Israel’s shameful justification for murdering peace activists

Neve Gordon considers the flaws and contradictions in Israel’s justification for attacking the Gaza-bound international aid flotilla and murdering innocent peace activists on board.

Spain: Lerida Bans the Face Veil

The town council voted to prohibit the “use of the veil and other clothes and accessories which cover the face and prevent identification in buildings and installations of the town

Resheq: UNSC resolution does not commensurate with the size of the “massacre”

Ezzet Al-Resheq, a political bureau member of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), regarded the UN Security Council resolution on the Zionist massacre as weak and not at all in proportion

IOA banishes Palestinian citizen from Beersheba to Gaza

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) banished a Palestinian citizen from Beersheba in the Negev, occupied since 1948, to the Gaza Strip, the Wa'ed society for prisoners said in a statement

The madness of arrogance: Israel’s attack on the Gaza aid flotilla

Israel's attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla on America's Memorial Day was all too predictable, although the form it took surprised even me.

Mishaal: Siege on Gaza no longer acceptable

Khaled Mishaal, the supreme leader of the Hamas movement, has asked the Arab countries having relations or contacts with Israel to sever them at once in retaliation to the Israeli