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The parameters of peace

Can the Obama administration forge a peace agreement, and what steps should it be taking in Mideast policy?

Middle East loses trillions as US strikes record arms deals

Rick Rozoff views the United States’ growing arms exports to Middle East countries, which will spend an estimated 100 billion dollars on arms from the US by 2014, and the

Algerian aid ship arrives at al-Areesh

An Algerian ship loaded with aid for the besieged people of the Gaza Strip has arrived on Thursday at the Egyptian port of al-Areesh where the cargo will be unloaded

Israel’s Ongoing War Against the Press

The recent arrest of an Israeli journalist who allegedly leaked materials to a reporter, and the gag order that followed, is just the latest in a long string of Israel's

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: Palestinians should be Annihilated

Ovadia Yosef is the spiritual leader of hundreds of thousands of haredi orthodox Jews who give him automatic and nearly absolute allegiance. This week, he lashed out at the Palestinians,

George Mitchell hoping for a quick-fix fake peace?

For real peace he must bang heads together at the United Nations to finish their unfinished business

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

Hamas dismayed as Egypt bans its cadres from offering Omra

Hamas expressed utter dismay at the Egyptian authorities' step of banning its cadres from traveling via the Rafah border terminal to Saudi Arabia to offer Omra (minor pilgrimage).

Two citizens shot by IOF, as Israeli assaults against Palestinian laborers mount

Two civilians were shot Saturday morning by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) east of the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, while exercising their profession of collecting scrap at devastated

After Mubarak: Egypt And The Succession Issue

All eyes are turning towards Egypt and who will succeed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Concerns over the President's health have increased since his gallbladder was removed in an operation in