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20 non-government organizations ask the EU to break the siege on Gaza

wenty non-governmental organizations in Europe have urged the European Union to break the Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip for the fourth consecutive year and not only alleviate it...

Israeli settlers attempt to burn historical mosque in Jaffa

A group of extremist Israeli settlers attempted Tuesday morning to burn the western entrance of the historical Hassan Bek mosque in the city of Jaffa...

W. Bank MPs appeal to UNICEF to protect women, children from Israel's violations

Hamas lawmakers in the West Bank strongly denounced Israel for kidnapping an elderly woman and prosecuting a little child, and appealed to the UNICEF to intervene to protect the Palestinian women and children from Israel's violations...

Jewish extremists raid Aqsa Mosque and prevent entry of worshipers

Tensions ran high in occupied Jerusalem after a group of Jewish extremists raided the Aqsa Mosque Tuesday morning...

EGYPT: Muslim Brotherhood secures tens of thousands of signatures for ElBaradei's petition

The number of Egyptians who have signed a petition for political reform proposed by potential presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei has doubled over the last two weeks after the Muslim Brotherhood posted the document on one of its affiliate websites...

MB chairman's initiated meeting harvests mutual cooperation

Opposition party leaders, intellectuals, scholars and activists accepted an invitation by Muslim Brotherhood chairman Dr. Mohamed Badie to discuss Egypt ’s political situation and joint coordination among Egypt 's opposition...

IOA sources report Mubarak's end sooner than expected

An article published in the Arutz Sheva of the IOA, has claimed that According to intelligence sources quoted by the Washington Times 'Egyptian President Mubarak's illness is more serious than previously predicted allowing that he may die within a year...

9,000 activists and 35 media organizations to participate in Freedom Flotilla 2

The European campaign to end the Siege on Gaza announced Monday that Freedom Flotilla 2 will be delayed until late September or early October due to expansion in participation from European countries...

Israel intends to destroy new part of historical Maman Allah cemetery

The Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) intends to build a compound of courts on another part of Maman Allah cemetery near Al-Khalil Gate, west of occupied Jerusalem...

Dangerous Israeli plan to change Buraq Square holy sites revealed

The Islamic Christian Commission in Support of Jerusalem and Holy Sites revealed evidence on a comprehensive Israeli plan to change holy sites in Buraq Sqare south-west of Al-Aqsa Mosque...

Assad, Oglu demand immediate end to Gaza siege

Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad and visiting Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu have called for "additional efforts" to end the siege on Gaza Strip that has been enforced for almost four years...

To Ban or Not To Ban the Burqa

The proposed bill makes a big fuss of what is a small, even a negligible, phenomenon. What’s needed are jobs, housing, infrastructure, and especially education in deprived areas of France, to give young people of immigrant families the chance to be fully integrated into French society, argues Patrick Seale...

Sadat's proposal for new party rejected by Cairo committee

An emergency law in force since Mubarak's coming into power has imposed certain restrictions on political activity in the country making it practically impossible to establish a new political party...

The Situation of Human Rights in Egypt 2009: Introduction, summary and recommendations

Issuing the 20th annual report of EOHR of 2009 comes in the light of a political environment not different from the previous years. Violations still committed against human rights. They are not restricted to civil and political rights, but also economic rights suffer from flagrant violations...

Are Egyptians ready for equal Rights Regardless of Religion?

Many Egyptians believe that ElBaradei’s reforms would also include the removal of religion from identity cards, ending the application of Islamic family law to marriage and divorce processes for non-Muslims, the elimination of stumbling blocks discouraging religious minorities from constructing houses of worship and an end to anti-proselytisation laws, notes Yasser Khalil...

The False Promise of 'Direct Talks’

We should start pondering the consequences that there will be no resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict during this generation, says Rami G. Khouri...

Morsy commends MB chairman's call for dialogue with political parties and opposition leaders

Muslim Brotherhood spokesman and executive bureau member, Dr. Mohamed Morsy, commended MB chairman's call, Dr. Mohamed Badie, for constructive dialogue with political parties and opposition leaders in Egypt..

State Council acknowledges Al-Shater's rights for early release

The Legislative Department of the State Council has presented Chancellor Mamdouh Marei a presidential decree ordering an official pardon to detainees who have served half their sentences in prison and had their records reviewed and cleared in commemoration of the July 23rd Revolution..

Weekend march calls on Turks and Kurds to end violence

Turkish and Kurdish activists carried banners calling for all round peace as they marched in central Istanbul over the weekend..

Death in Police Encounter Stirs Calls for Change in Egypt

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — The two undercover police officers seemed unfazed by the bystanders, who watched as the officers beat a 28-year-old man in the lobby of a building here last month, one witness said...