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For the past three months pop-star hopefuls from across the Middle East have assembled in MBC's Beirut studios to compete for the title of Arab Idol. Every Friday they...

One of the most spectacular gifts that any of us may be granted by God during our lives is that you become acquainted with a brother not born of...

Former IDF commander, brigadier general of the Givati Brigade and Israeli ambassador to Tanzania, Yitzhak Pundak, expressed no remorse about the destruction of Palestinian villages in 1948, declaring it...

Imagine the story of a man waiting eagerly and anxiously for the arrival of his first born child, and as he waits, he is unjustly detained and sentenced to...

According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), Palestinians are faced with an additional and possibly permanent burden....

While international outrage over the plight of Samer Issawi has abated considerably, after the agreement between Israeli and Palestinian officials which terminated his hunger strike, the deterioration of other...

This morning army and police officers opened fire on pro-Morsi supporters as they prayed outside the Republican Headquarters in Cairo. The demonstrators were staging a peaceful sit-in outside the...

In a joint letter to the European Parliament, sixteen Palestinian and Israeli human rights organisations have urged the European Parliament to send a fact-finding mission to "assess the current...

What is going on in Egypt is not merely a political crisis but also an Egyptian struggle which transcends borders and will, no doubt, affect the Islamic world, putting...

Israel's reported decision to release 82 pre-Oslo Palestinian political prisoners has unleashed a furore among right wing Knesset members who are opposing the move. The prisoners who are mostly...

On Wednesday, the Knesset is expected to vote for parliamentary reform allegedly intended to preserve unity and enhance the government's prospects of serving a full electoral mandate. Based upon...

"Children have hobbies, and my hobby is throwing stones." The simplistic, out of context comment, uttered by a Palestinian teenager interviewed for a recently published New York Times report,...

Recent dangerous developments led to overthrew of Egypt's democratic experience whilst still in its infancy. These developments included constitutional violations, as well as violation of international law, which suggest...

While Israel continues to defy international law by further settlement approval and a lack of cooperation with the European Union about the recently publish guidelines restricting projects in areas...

A recent blog on the Times of Israel by the former president of the American Jewish Congress, Robert K. Lifton, has called upon Israelis to support Netanyahu's strategy with...

A sign of a hand with four fingers raised with the thumb closed is fast spreading as a profile picture among Facebook and Twitter users who reject the military...

Breaching Israeli military orders has become the norm, despite IDF claims that it endeavours to minimise physical harm to Palestinians. A report by Defence for Children international – Palestine...

Former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez's internationalist example and legacy is being concretely implemented. On August 24, Mexico's 'El Economista', as well as Iran's Press TV, reported that Venezuela and...

Advertising on Canadian TransLink buses and on a wall mural in Vancouver's City Centre depicting Israel's expansionist agenda has been deemed a security threat by the Centre for Israel...

The last week has seen a major push for military action in Syria from the UK and US governments. The impetus for western involvement in the two-year civil war...

According to Dr Saeb Erekat, Israel is seeking to further the displacement of Palestinian memory by forcing Palestinian schools in East Jerusalem to alter the curriculum in a manner...

The non-governmental organization Médecins du Monde (MdM) has embarked upon a project to address the ramifications of settler violence in Palestine. The project endeavours to manage the violence by...

Sally Ahmed Zarir works in a newsroom inside a refugee camp. Zarqa, Jordan's industrial centre 12 miles northeast of Amman, is home to over 50 per cent of Jordanian's...

The Palestine Solidarity Legal Support (PSLS) and The Center for Constitutional Rights have joined forces to provide a handbook for Palestinian rights activists entitled "Palestinian human rights advocacy in...

Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip have been facing attacks and harassment by the Israeli navy for years. The political situation in Egypt has brought with it a new...

During a pro-settlement conference at the European Parliament entitled 'EU-Israel relations: impact of the new EU guidelines on Israel and their effects on the EU, Israeli and Palestinian economies',...

The United Nations has again expressed 'concern' about Israel preventing humanitarian aid from reaching Palestinian communities in the West Bank. According to a UN report, an international humanitarian organisation...

According to a press release published on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the agency has expressed its 'gratitude' to the US for contributing...

Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip has been a huge point of contention since it began in 2007. The blockade covers land, sea, and air, and is supported by...

A report by Maan Development Centre, titled 'Endemic Impunity – Israeli violations of international law in the Jordan Valley' (2013) makes use of legal debate and Israeli manipulation of...

The Israeli minister for Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz declared in a report that Palestinians thrive upon incitement embedded within educational institutions. "Incitement is a serious obstacle to peace …...

One speech by him from the Rabaa al Adawiya platform was enough to spark the protestor's enthusiasm and keep them keen and determined, until the moment he was arrested...