Cutting off your nose to spite your face
A few months ago, I hosted an Iraqi media figure close to the ruling regime in Baghdad, who surprised me by saying, “If we knew that the fall of...
August 19, 2014
A few months ago, I hosted an Iraqi media figure close to the ruling regime in Baghdad, who surprised me by saying, “If we knew that the fall of...
August 19, 2014
The President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has strenuously condemned nations which “claim to be defenders of democracy” but are silent about the Israeli shelling of the Gaza Strip. The...
August 19, 2014
The Egyptian ceasefire proposal between the Palestinians and the Israeli occupation revealed that Cairo is siding with Tel-Aviv, Haaretz said. In an article titled “For Hamas, Egypt’s truce proposal...
August 19, 2014
The European Union’s boycott of products from Israeli settlements is a step in the right direction, Hamas’ spokesperson Fawzy Barhoom said. “This step should be followed by more strict...
August 19, 2014
Egypt’s Finance Minister Hany Kadry Dimian said that his country has not sought to start negotiations to receive a loan from the IMF, denying media reports that Cairo is...
August 19, 2014
Forces led by the retired Libyan general Khalifa Haftar announced their responsibility for the airstrikes on military camps near Tripoli airport yesterday, the Anadolu news agency reported. At least...
August 19, 2014
Karima Al-Seirfy, daughter of a former aide to ousted President Mohamed Morsi, Ayman Al-Seirfy, has been released from Al-Qanater prison in Cairo after 96 days on hunger strike. According...
August 19, 2014
Hamas’s official spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri denied on Monday Israel’s claims that his movement was planning a coup against the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank. In a...
August 19, 2014
Turkey will send a floating power-generating ship to Gaza, Taner Yildiz, Turkey’s energy minister said Tuesday. “Turkey will build power plants in Palestine in the long term, but as...
August 19, 2014
Israeli Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar said the results of the recent military operation in the Gaza Strip and the losses inflicted on the Israeli army by the Palestinian resistance...