Zoabi calls for third Palestinian intifada against Israel

Seeded on Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:48 PM EDT (JPost.com)

MK Schneller: Balad MK should lose parliamentary immunity; Zoabi says Israeli Arabs should "initiate a popular struggle against the occupiers."

israel, supreme-court, palestine, world-news, tahrir-square, zoabi

PA: US must present peace plan before we declare state

Seeded on Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:25 PM EDT (JPost.com)

Abbas spokesman says plan to revive peace talks must be implemented with "an effective US role and strong policy against settlements" before Palestinian leaders ask UN to recognize statehood in September.

un, israel, middle-east, hamas, pa, west-bank, palestine, world-news

Anti-Jewish Cartoons

Seeded on Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:13 PM EDT (JPost.com)

New caricatures in Arab media depict illustrations of conspiracy theories suggesting Jewish lobby pressured Goldstone into changing his findings.

muslim, arab, jewish, palestine, world-news, goldstone

Why the Arab World is Seething

Seeded on Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:54 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Egypt is not alone.

arabs, muslims, amnesty-international, torture, islam, human-rights-watch, world-news

UN Assessment: PA is ready to govern a state of its own

Seeded on Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:04 PM EDT (JPost.com)

The Palestinian Authority is ready to govern a state of its own, according to a report published Tuesday by the office of UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Robert Serry, AFP reported.

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UN Recognizes Hamas-Supporting Organization

Seeded on Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:39 AM EDT (Arutz Sheva News Briefs)

The UN has given special recognition to an organization which supports the Hamas terrorist groups and which has been involved in organizing flotillas to Gaza, the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) has reported.

israel, palestinians, hamas, united-nations, palestine, terrorists, world-news, free-palestine-movement, palestinian-authority-controlled

A Woman's Role

Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:18 PM EDT

I am a business-woman, a student, a wife, and mother. And not necessarily in that order…

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muslim, women, woman, islam, feminism, not-news, equality

Official: Mossad behind Egypt riots

Seeded on Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:48 AM EST (ynetnews.com)

"It is almost certain that the Mossad is involved in these events. The State is dealing with dangerous events that could not have succeeded without external intervention with Israel at its head."

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'If we win elections, we will work to end ties with Israel'

Seeded on Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:41 AM EST (JPost.com)

day before parliamentary elections in Egypt, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, said if his movement wins the election, it will work to sever relations with Israel.

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IDF Detains Kids for Picking Olives

Seeded on Thu Nov 4, 2010 11:33 AM EDT (ynetnews.com)

Three children aged 6, 11, and 12, residents of the settlement of Talmon in the West Bank, were detained by an IDF officer who suspected they stole a fistful of olives from a Palestinian grove.

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PM: IDF Didn't Kill 12-Yr-Old; Media Should Beware of PA Claims

Seeded on Mon Nov 1, 2010 10:59 AM EDT (Arutz Sheva News Briefs)

Ten years too late, the Prime Minister's Office makes it official: Just like the Muhammed Al-Dura shooting was staged for maximum anti-Israel effect, so too international media should not publish PA claims without checking them first. The National Information Directorate of th …

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"Thank God she's pretty"

Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:01 PM EDT

A few days ago I stumbled upon a conversation that had gone off topic in a thread, and I was left thinking about it: women, their looks, and how it affects society’s perception of them.

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women, job, woman, man, work, men, beauty, career, chauvinism

Islamic Jihad leader: Israel must be wiped out of existence

Seeded on Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:50 PM EDT (haaretz)

Organizers say up to 100,000 people attend largest Islamic Jihad rally in Gaza in several years; Hamas leader calls for unity against Israel.

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Israel wins Cambridge Uni debate

Seeded on Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:33 PM EDT (ynetnews.com)

Despite hostile audience, Israeli team marks unexpected victory in debate titled 'Israel is rogue state,' hosted by prestigious British university

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Women Under Theocracy

Seeded on Sat Oct 9, 2010 9:44 AM EDT (WordPress)

The lives of most women in the industrialized world have improved enormously over the past hundred years, and especially so, in social, cultural, political, and human rights terms, over the past forty.

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Islam permits wife-beating if she does not have sex with husband

Seeded on Tue Oct 5, 2010 1:27 PM EDT (MEMRI)

Egyptian cleric brags of Islam's respect towards women: they beat women only if they refuse to sleep with their husbands. And they honor them by not making them ugly by leaving marks on their face!

muslim, beating, violence, women, wife, marriage, sex, woman, man, beat

Four Israelis Murdered in Arab Terror Attack

Seeded on Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:57 PM EDT (Arutz Sheva News Briefs)

Terrorists murdered four Jewish civilians in a shooting attack at the Bani Naim junction just south of Hevron Tuesday evening. Emergency service paramedics could do nothing to save the victims whose bodeis were riddled with numerous bullets.

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Islamic Movement Accuses Israel of Defiling Al-Aqsa Mosque

Seeded on Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:09 AM EDT (Arutz Sheva News Briefs)

The Islamic Movement-affiliated Al-Aksa Organization released its fourth annual report on the state of the mosque on Saturday.

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Iran Launches 'Ambassador of Death'

Seeded on Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:06 AM EDT (Arutz Sheva News Briefs)

Iran announced on Sunday a new unmanned jet bomber that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dubs an "ambassador of death" to Israel and other enemies.

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Western Wars vs. Muslim Women

Seeded on Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:45 PM EDT (AL JAZEERA)

If Western wars 'liberate' Eastern women, Muslim women would be - after centuries of Western military interventions - the most 'liberated' in the world. They are not, and will not be, especially when liberty is associated with Western hegemony.

afghanistan, middle-east, muslim, women, taliban, peace, war, woman, al-jazeera, east

trip noteS on a return to iSrael anD the WeSt Bank: reflectionS on u.S. peacemaking, the Security miSSion, anD What ShoulD Be Done

Seeded on Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:22 PM EDT (al JAZEERA)

Very interesting point of view on Israel and Palestine from a high ranking American official.

army, israel, security, america, peace, usa, war, palestine, islam, world-news

Israel and anti-muslim blow-up

Seeded on Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:08 PM EDT (AL JAZEERA)

Basically, this article is one big rant against the 'evil liberals'

israel, middle-east, democrats, republican-party, islam, world-news, liberals, liberalism, tolerance, american-right

Gulf States Pushing for Attack on Iran

Seeded on Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:25 AM EDT (Arutz Sheva News Briefs)

First it was the United Arab Emirates ambassador in Washington, now it's a Saudi Arabian editorial, and John Bolton says the entire Persian Gulf feels the same: an attack on Iran is the only option - if it's not too late.

middle-east, iran, attack, nuclear, peace, war, saudi-arabia, nukes, world-news, saudi-arabian