Aug 29 2013 - 3:00pm Five Hamas members arrested over Egyptian police massacre
August 29, 2013

Five members of Hamas were arrested in northern Sinai recently for involvement in the killing of 25 Egyptian policemen, Arab media reported on Wednesday.

Aug 29 2013 - 2:55pm U.S. backs Palestinian state, considers Israeli settlement illegal: Palestinian official
August 29, 2013

The United States submitted written guarantees to the Palestinian leadership whereby it backs the establishment of a Palestinian state and considers the Israeli settlement in the Palestinian territories illegal, a senior Palestinian official said Thursday.

Aug 28 2013 - 5:02pm U.S. dismisses Jewish students' complaint against UC Berkeley
August 28, 2013

Protests on campus against Israel's treatment of Palestinians 'do not constitute actionable harassment,' the Department of Education concludes.

Aug 28 2013 - 4:56pm Syria: The Kerry Statement
August 28, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry’s August 26, 2013 statement on Syria was powerful and direct. In the absence of a diplomatic deus ex machina it clearly indicates that an American military strike is coming.

Aug 28 2013 - 4:50pm Group: 4 Palestinian refugees killed in Syria clashes
August 28, 2013

Four Palestinian refugees were killed Tuesday in the ongoing clashes in Syria, a Palestinian group said.

Aug 27 2013 - 10:17am Vandals strike Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem
August 27, 2013

Police say vandals have slashed car tires in an Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem, the latest in a series of similar incidents blamed on a fringe group of extremists.

Aug 27 2013 - 10:04am Ibish: Go Strategic in Syria
August 27, 2013

The upcoming American military action in Syria, anticipated in Kerry's speech yesterday, should be strategic, not tactical.

Aug 27 2013 - 10:02am Israeli, Palestinian negotiators meet in Jericho: source
August 27, 2013

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met on Monday evening in the West Bank city of Jericho away from the media, a well-informed Palestinian source said.

Aug 26 2013 - 5:48pm Obama: Between Ideology and Pragmatism
August 26, 2013

The Neoconservatives have awaken once again. They have launched a major media campaign to portray President Barack Obama as merely a weak-willed “colored” man, who does not befit America, its history and its pride

Aug 26 2013 - 2:59pm Palestinians suspend peace talks with Israel over Ramallah clashes: official
August 26, 2013

The Palestinian negotiators suspended a peace talk session with their Israeli counterparts scheduled on Monday in protest of the death of three Palestinians in an Israeli raid near the West Bank city of Ramallah in early morning, a local official said.


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