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Prisoners' center for studies appeals for helping kids, women in Israel's jails

The prisoners' center for studies appealed to the Red Cross, the Arab League, the UN and all concerned parties to urgently help about 300 Palestinian children and 35 women exposed to daily violations in Israeli jails...

Anti-Defamation League joins bigots in opposing Manhattan mosque

The Anti-Defamation League has announced its opposition to the building of an Islamic community center (or mosque, as CNN and others put it) in Manhattan, near ground zero...

Hamas: Gaza people paying for the wrong done by the Arab committee

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum stressed Sunday that Israel needed a political cover to escalate its military actions against Gaza, and Judaization and settlement activities in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank...

Coptic Bishop slams ElBaradei's tactics

A recent statement by Father Moussa, the bishop of youth for the Coptic Orthodox Church, cited criticism against former IAEA chief Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei who has emerged recently on the political scene...

Jordan gov't accepts IAF boycott of elections but refuses to discuss electoral procedures

Jordan's government refuses to discuss polls procedures but respects the Muslim Brotherhood offshoot the Islamic Action Front's choice to boycott November's parliamentary elections...

Egypt: State security harasses and arrests 4 petitioners

In an unjustified manner state security raided the houses of 4 citizens and arrested them after they participated in the petition calling for political reform and constitutional amendments in the Egyptian constituency of Beheira...

UNCHR demands Israel to lift Gaza siege, let probe into its attack on Flotilla

The UN commission for human rights demanded Israel to lift its blockade on the Gaza Strip and invite an independent committee to investigate its deadly raid on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla aid convoy...

UNRWA slams Israeli seizure of 9 houses in Old City, J’lem

UNRWA condemned on Saturday a group of Israeli settlers who by force of arms and under Israeli military protection seized a building which houses 9 Palestinian families in Old City, Jerusalem...

MB resumes talks with political opposition in Ramadan

Dr. Mohamed Beltagy Assistant Secretary-General for the Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc asserted that the leaders NAC leaders have almost completed the final stages of drafting a law on political rights, which will be sent to President Mubarak for approval..

IOA summons wife of detained Hamas leader

The Ahrar center for prisoners' studies and human rights has denounced the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) for summoning Ikhlas Al-Suwais, the wife of detained Hamas leader Abbas Al-Sayyed, for questioning...

IOF troops suppress march in Beit Ummar, injure journalists and citizens

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) suppressed a march in Beit Ummar, north of al-Khalil, Saturday afternoon, injuring four participants including journalists, local sources said...

Hebrew press reports IOF preparations for new war on Gaza

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have completed preparations for launching a new war on the Gaza Strip, according to Hebrew daily Yediot Ahronot on Saturday...

Hamas: Obama’s letter contained threats, no guarantees

Hamas confirmed that Barack Obama's letter to the former PA president Mahmoud Abbas revealed by the media on Saturday reflects the fact that the Arab decision to start direct negotiations between the Ramallah authority and the Israeli occupation government deceived the majority of Palestinian-Arab street...

Egypt: MB leader arrested despite court acquittals

In a renewed state of animosity State Security forces raided the house of Muslim Brotherhood leader Ismail Hammed in Alexandria Friday evening...

British activist wounded in IOF quelling of weekly non-violent demonstrations

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used tear gas, rubber-coated bullets, and sound bombs to disperse peaceful anti wall demonstrations in central and southern West Bank areas on Friday...

Thousands of children participate in a kite festival in Gaza

Thousands of Palestinian children on Thursday afternoon participated in the kite festival organised by the UN Refugee and Works Agency (UNRWA) at the Waha in the northern Gaza Strip by flying 7202 kites...

Settlers took over 75 building overlooking the Aqsa Mosque

A human rights organisation revealed that extremist Jewish settlers have so far taken over 75 Palestinian buildings overlooking the Aqsa Mosque, the last of which was the home of Qersh family a few meters from the mosque...

Zionist plot to demolish 60 homes in northern Jerusalem

It was revealed that the Israeli occupation municipality of Jerusalem intends to demolish 25 buildings in the Eisaweyya neighbourhood to the north of the holy city at the pretext of lack of planning permit...

Israeli Handling of the Media Increasingly Brutal

Palestinian activists are being jailed, Israeli activists are under surveillance, and the Israeli military is increasingly targeting journalists who cover West Bank protests...

Muslim Scholars condemn the ruthless assassination of two sheikhs

The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq condemned the assassination of two Muslim Scholars Sheikh Ihsan Abdellatf Eldawry, Imam and preacher of “Al-Rawi” mosque and spokesman of Iraq’s Scholar Council and Sheikh Mustafa Fawzi Hamdan in al-Fallujah city...