Musleh, during a visit of Hamas MPs to the Quds center for human rights, said that western security elements were training PA militias on torture means.

The Hamas lawmaker also stated that the remarks made by senior Fatah and PLO official Yasser Abedrabbo in this regard are only for media consumption.

In recent weeks, the Obama Administration has endorsed "healthy relations" between Iran and Syria, mildly rebuked Syrian President Bashar Assad for accusing the U.S. of "colonialism," and publicly apologized to

On March 6 the 81-year-old Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak traveled to Heidelberg, Germany for gall bladder surgery. The blogosphere fluttered with rumors of his death. However, in a report dated

Khaled Mishaal, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, called for initiating an open campaign on Tuesday to protect occupied Jerusalem, the Aqsa Mosque and all Islamic and Christian holy sites

“Islamists are trying to steer a course between governance, political processes and resistance,”

According to sources, the doves are likely to claim victory in decisive elections at the Islamic Action Front (IAF), MB in Jordan after informal results revealed them winning a clear

Who has weaved this fascinatingly reductionist account of al-Mabhouh’s life in such a short span of time? His family? Hamas? The Palestinian media? No, none of these. The creator of

Over the past 10 years Palestinian filmmakers have constructed a specific national identity on screen. More directly political than the earlier portrayals of Palestinian lives and stories, filmmaking has become

The killing of Palestinian activist Mahmoud al-Mabhouh on January 19, 2010 was clearly a well-planned, violent and sadistic act, committed by Israeli assassins in the supposed safety of a sovereign