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Brotherhood leader Gamal Heshmat detained with 15 others‎

Beheira: State security forces in further crackdowns today Saturday September 26th arrested leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood movement including the administrator of the Beheira office Mohamed Sweidan and Dr

Dialogue with non-violent Islamists is vital for Middle East reform, argues ippr

Ahead of President Obama’s speech to the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly tomorrow (23 September), where he is expected to make a major announcement about his plans for

The Drama and the Farce

In the words of the ancient proverb, a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. Netanyahu has tripped Obama on his first step. The President of the

Khalid Amayreh Interviewed

Palestinians have always relied for their very survival on the good will of the international community and world public opinion. Hence, should the world community go into a brief slumber,

How to Trap a President in a Losing War

Why is it that a Democratic candidate needs a war or threat of war to trash-talk about in order to prove his 'strength', when doing so is obviously a sign

Tafakji: Settlement expansion in Jerusalem is most serious

Khalil al-Tafkji, an expert on Jewish settlements and maps, said on Thursday that the main settlement expansions are planned for the major Jewish settlements which the occupation intends to annex

Know Your Dictators

The United Nations General Assembly convenes this week and a high-level parade of actual and aspiring dictators arrives in New York City. This is a good time for people of

UN: Christian extremist LRA ‘still a threat’

Ugandan Christian extremist rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have been weakened by recent attacks but remain a threat, a UN military source said Thursday.

Swedish journalist: Israel stole the organs of more than a 1000 Palestinians

Swedish journalist, Donald Bostrom, said that Israel started the illegal harvesting of organs from Palestinian victims as early as 1960, with a marked increase in this practice during the first

Hundreds of Israeli settlers desecrate Ishaq’s tomb in the Ibrahimi Mosque

Close to 150 fanatic Israeli settlers have stormed Friday the Muslim sacred Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil city, south of the West Bank, and desecrated the tomb of Prophet Ishaq peace