Sep 11 2014 - 10:41am Time to end the turmoil of the Palestinians
September 11, 2014

The Palestinians, especially those in the Gaza Strip, need humanitarian assistance, mainly for rebuilding of schools, hospitals and homes​

Sep 11 2014 - 10:27am Title: 11-year-old boy dies from Gaza war injuries
September 11, 2014

An 11-year-old boy died on Thursday after being critically injured during Israel's military offensive on the besieged coastal enclave. Picture: Gaza

Sep 10 2014 - 11:54am Turkey and the ‘Jihadist Highway'
September 10, 2014

The most common accusation is that Turkey turns a “blind eye” to the group’s activities along the “Jihadist Highway” that feeds the pool of extremism in Syria.

Sep 10 2014 - 11:45am The Moderate Middle East Must Act?
September 10, 2014

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that "extremists are defeated only when responsible nations and their peoples unite to oppose them." We agree and are ready to join a coordinated international response. But to be effective, the fight must be against more than ISIS.

Sep 10 2014 - 11:43am Palestinian girl, 5, dies of injuries sustained in Gaza war
September 10, 2014

A five-year-old Palestinian girl died on Tuesday from wounds sustained in Israel's military offensive in Gaza, medics said.​

Sep 9 2014 - 10:42am Date set for conference on rebuilding Gaza
September 9, 2014

The foreign minister of Norway said Monday that a conference for donors on rebuilding the Gaza Strip will be held in Cairo on Oct. 12.​

Sep 9 2014 - 10:37am Can the Islamic State group be destroyed?
September 9, 2014

President Obama announced a multi-step campaign to work with regional partners to destroy the Islamic State. How realistic is that goal? Judy Woodruff discusses the details and feasibility with Hussein Ibish of the American Task Force on Palestine, Feisal Istrabadi and Frederic Wehrey.

Sep 9 2014 - 10:36am Arab states back Abbas UN appeal
September 9, 2014

Arab foreign ministers have backed Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’s appeal to the United Nations to set a deadline for Israel to end its occupation of lands captured in the 1967 war.

Sep 8 2014 - 11:04am The Brotherhood is a version of ISIL, not a solution to it
September 8, 2014

If nothing else, Qutb demonstrates the hinge that links Brotherhood-Islamism to more extreme and violent versions now most terrifyingly embodied by ISIL. This is a continuum, not a corrective.

Sep 8 2014 - 11:03am Clashes in Jerusalem as Palestinian teen dies
September 8, 2014

Clashes broke out in East Jerusalem late Sunday after news of the death of a Palestinian teenager who died from injuries sustained when he was shot last week by Israeli border police, his family and a hospital said.


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