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The Egyptian prosecutor general Hisham Barakat has asked the international police agency INTERPOL to arrest "fugitive" leaders and members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including those who have been asked...
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The only power plant in Gaza is now ready to work pending the delivery of fuel supply needed to operate it, CEO of Gaza Electricity Company Walid Sayel said...
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Article
September 14, 2014
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Nasim Ahmed
This article is the first of our series on The Brotherhood vs. ISIS: MEMO reopens debate on contemporary political Islam David Cameron launched his investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood...
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Deputy Speaker of the Israeli Knesset Moshe Feiglin forced his way into Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem on Sundayunder the protection of Israeli forces. "Feiglin accompanied by 20 settlers...
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At least 15 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have drowned near the coast of Egypt's Alexandria city after a boat boarding dozens of migrants sank en route to Italy,...
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The six parties, which formed what is known as the "Nationalist and Leftist Parties Coalition", said in a statement that the Jordanian government needed to fight radical thinking by...
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Around 9,600 students would not be able to start the new academic year in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, a United Nations agency has said. This is particularly so...
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An Egyptian diplomatic source has cited Saudi and American pressures for a recent Qatari move to expel seven Muslim Brotherhood figures from the country. "Saudi and U.S. pressures were...
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Article
September 14, 2014
Catherine Shakdam
As US President Barack Obama announced late on Wednesday that the Pentagon had sanctioned air strikes in Syria in view of opposing and destroying terror militants before they can...
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Article
September 14, 2014
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Asa Winstanley
Al Jazeera this week revealed an explosive letter from the office of the top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. In it, Fatou Bensouda recounted a meeting with Riad...
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A senior member of Hamas's political bureau said on Saturday that his movement would not trade its arms for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. Ismail Haniyeh, the deputy...
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The Syrian regime must be part of the global anti-ISIS alliance led by the United States, a government spokesperson said Friday. According to the Syrian News Agency the media...
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The Former Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, said that the Arab world "will not accept any foreign tutelage or any attempts to impose new borders on...
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American Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale said on Friday that his country is to provide Lebanon with armed Cessna aircraft, in addition to Hellfire missiles. In a statement delivered...
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Muslim Brotherhood sources said that Qatar has asked seven senior leaders and members of the Muslim Brotherhood to leave the country within a week. A leader of the Freedom...
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Chief of Hamas Political Bureau Khalid Mesh'al said on Friday that the Palestinians do not need mediators to unite them. Mesh'al, who is on a two-day visit to Tunis,...
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A delegation of Kuwaiti doctors has set out for the embattled Gaza Strip to help treat thousands of Palestinians injured during Israel's recent military onslaught on the coastal enclave,...
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After the Israeli war on Gaza and attempts by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to market his defeat as a victory on the Israelis, the political sphere in...
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Israeli TV Channel 7 said on Friday that the rhetoric war from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas against Hamas is based on the latter's popularity rise after the Israeli...
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Germany and Turkey announced their refusal to take part in US-led airstrikes on ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria. At a joint press conference with his British counterpart Philip...
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Article
September 13, 2014
Ghazi Dahman
Indications in the Middle East suggest the emergence of a new approach to the situation in Syria. They are being scrutinised on the domestic, regional and international level and...
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The Australian government has asked the Israeli authorities to withdraw their decision to confiscate Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, particularly the latest appropriation of 4,000 dunams in...
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Foreign Minister Riad Maliki could not be reached for comment regarding the publication of a letter revealing that the Palestinian Authority has so far prevented the launch of a...
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42 Palestinian, Israeli, and international organizations have issued an urgent call to the international community to stop Israeli plans to "forcibly transfer" thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank...
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The release of 45 Fijian UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights was down to Qatar's mediation, Doha announced. A statement by the Qatari foreign ministry said that Qatar mediated...
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The Hamas movement denied accusations that negotiating directly with Israel is one of its policies, stressing that it is not considered in the movement's deliberations. A statement issued by...
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Blog
September 12, 2014
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Samira Shackle
Israel's Unit 8200, known in Hebrew as Yehida Shmoneh-Matayim, is one of the country's most prestigious military intelligence units. Many who serve in it go on to high-flying jobs...
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The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Salaheddine Mezouar said yesterday that his country had not received an invitation to participate in the conference hosted by Saudi Arabia...
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Senior Syrian opposition member Kamal Al-Labwani is in Israel to take part in a conference to combat terrorism. In the first visit by a Syrian politician to Israel, Al-Labwani...
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During the 50 day long Israeli bombardment and massacre of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip 2146 Palestinians were killed according to the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights, of...
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Palestine's many experiences with Israel, especially that of resistance and the steadfastness of our people, not least in facing up to "Operation Protective Edge", highlight the failure of the...
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The Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B'Tselem said Thursday that it does not hold out hope that an army investigation into the Gaza hostilities...