Israel’s prime minister on Monday announced plans to release 250 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails and promised to improve life in the West Bank in an attempt to boost Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after the militant group Hamas’ takeover in Gaza.
Read More »Militant calls for attacks on Egypt
DUBAI: A man described as a leader of al-Qaeda’s wing in Egypt called for attacks on Israeli and Western targets in the Arab world’s most populous country in support of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
Read More »Egypt nuclear engineer convicted of spying for Israel
A nuclear engineer at Egypt’s state-run Atomic Energy Agency was convicted by an Egyptian court of spying for Israel on Monday and sentenced to life in prison.
Read More »Why Isn’t Iran Like the Poland of Solidarity?
Norman Podhoretz, Editor-at-Large of Commentary Magazine, published an essay in the June 2007 issue of Commentary Magazine and republished it in the Wall Street Journal on May 30, 2007 (“The Case for Bombing Iranâ€), in which he declared his fervent prayer that President George W. Bush would choose to bomb …
Read More »Palestinian Intelligence : Iran played big role in Gaza Seizure
Iran played a “big role” in Hamas’s seizure of Gaza from Palestinian security forces earlier this month, Palestinian intelligence chief Tawfiq al-Tirawi charged on Sunday.
Read More »Israel frees funds for Palestinian president, Hamas calls it bribery
Israel agreed on Sunday to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ new government, a move Hamas dismissed as “bribery” to fuel tensions with Islamists controlling Gaza.
Read More »King holds talks with Abbas, urges ‘clear timeline’ for peace talks
King Abdullah on Sunday called for a “clear timeline†for resuming Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations, a Royal Court statement said.
Read More »Româncele din Gaza ÅŸi copiii lor s-au întors acasă
31 de români din Fâşia Gaza, alungaÅ£i de conflictul armat de acolo, s-au întors în Å£ară în această dimineaţă. Este vorba de 11 femei, 19 copii ÅŸi un bărbat. După un drum de 18 ore, cetăţenii români evacuaÅ£i din Făşia Gaza au ajuns pe Aeroportul InternaÅ£ional Henri Coandă cu o …
Read More »Egypt says Hamas Gaza takeover ‘coup’
The bloody takeover of Gaza by Hamas was a “coup against legitimacy”, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Saturday, two days before he hosts a regional summit seen as an attempt to isolate the Islamist group.
Read More »Haniyeh urges talks with Fateh
HAMAS LEADER ISMAIL Haniyeh, prime minister of the Palestinian government dismissed by President Mahmoud Abbas, called for power-sharing talks on Saturday with Fateh rivals routed from the Gaza Strip.
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