Why it’s healthy to eat dates in Ramadan
By: May Rostom Fasting in Ramadan can be exhausting and can be accompanied with headaches, low blood sugar level, lethargy, hypotension, and fatigue. Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) used to break his […]
New Islamic Caliphate Declares Jihad on … Muslims
By Raymond Ibrahim, CP Op-Ed Contributor July 18, 2014|9:27 am The new “caliphate” of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi-the Islamic State, formerly “ISIS”-recently made clear that it means to follow in the footsteps of the original caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Sadiq (632-634), specifically by directing its jihad against fellow Muslims, in Islamic […]
Israel’s chronic use of force is failing
Summary by Rami G. Khouri, Daily Times, Lebanon What does Israel expect to achieve by attacking Gaza with a large land force, following 10 days of attacking the territory from the air and suffering Palestinian counter-attacks by far less effective small rockets? That is because Israelis and Palestinians are waging […]
Israelis kill 46 Gazans on Day 12, raising toll to 342
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: The Gaza death toll hit 342 on Saturday as Israeli warplanes intensified their bombardment and troops pressed a ground assault on the 12th day of a […]
Egyptian military block activist aid convoy to Gaza
Summary Egyptian soldiers in north Sinai prevented an aid convoy of activists from reaching the Rafah border crossing with the embattled Palestinian Gaza Strip on Saturday, an AFP correspondent said. At least 333 Palestinians and three Israelis have died in the unrest, the third conflict to erupt in and around […]
Israeli ground offensive kills 44 Gazans on first day
CAIRO: Egypt renewed its call for a truce to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza on Friday as the overall Palestinian death toll since July 8 to 285, including 44 killed on Friday as Israel pressed a major ground offensive in the coastal enclave.An Israeli soldier was […]
Editorial: Daily Star Lebanon: Murder with impunity
Summary Israel has been successful at portraying its actions in the Gaza strip as a war against the Hamas movement; the simple fact is that it is a war against Palestinians. The Israelis have expended considerable effort, as they always do, in generating a wall of propaganda about their actions, […]
Abbas’ son: Peace talks are futile, one-state solution only peaceful resolution to conflict – Tareq Abbas says his father should abandon peace talks, dissolve PA, force Israel to take over West Bank.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ youngest son Tareq told the New York Times on Tuesday that he believes peace talks with Israel are futile and that the one-state solution is the only peaceful way to resolve the conflict. Like many Palestinians, Tareq objects to extending the US-led peace talks, and […]
Abbas' son: Peace talks are futile, one-state solution only peaceful resolution to conflict – Tareq Abbas says his father should abandon peace talks, dissolve PA, force Israel to take over West Bank.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ youngest son Tareq told the New York Times on Tuesday that he believes peace talks with Israel are futile and that the one-state solution is the only peaceful way to resolve the conflict. Like many Palestinians, Tareq objects to extending the US-led peace talks, and […]
30 Palestinians killed and dozens of injuries as Israel continue its ground invasion of Gaza
PNN’s correspondent in Gaza, Hassan Dohan, reports that the Israeli Occupation Forces raided several border areas last night, entering the Strip from the eastern and northern borders. The Israeli army attacked Gaza by land , sea and air. They targeted several residential areas, killing 30 Palestinians and injuring dozens. In […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 179. When His Signs are recited to them they increase their faith
179. When His Signs are recited to them they increase their faith [8:3] True believers are only those whose hearts tremble when the name of Allah is mentioned, and when His Signs are recited to them they increase their faith, and who put their trust in their Lord,
Qur'an lesson for today: 179. When His Signs are recited to them they increase their faith
179. When His Signs are recited to them they increase their faith [8:3] True believers are only those whose hearts tremble when the name of Allah is mentioned, and when His Signs are recited to them they increase their faith, and who put their trust in their Lord,
Baghdad blast claimed by Islamic State, suicide car bombs kill 9 people
BAGHDAD — An explosion claimed as a suicide bombing by the Islamic State killed three people on Thursday in the heart of Baghdad and another suicide bomber killed six people just outside the Iraqi capital, police and medics said. Three people were killed in central Baghdad when a roadside bomb […]
MIDDLE EAST Israel launches Gaza ground invasion Hamas says Israel will pay a “high price” as tanks seen entering Palestinian territory in major escalation of offensive.
Gregg Carlstrom ALJAZEERA Israeli tanks entered Gaza on Thursday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a ground invasion, a major escalation in a ten-day offensive that has already killed more than 230 Palestinians. Witnesses in Gaza reported heavy bombing from jets, warships and artillery stationed along the border, with […]
MIDDLE EAST Israel launches Gaza ground invasion Hamas says Israel will pay a "high price" as tanks seen entering Palestinian territory in major escalation of offensive.
Gregg Carlstrom ALJAZEERA Israeli tanks entered Gaza on Thursday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a ground invasion, a major escalation in a ten-day offensive that has already killed more than 230 Palestinians. Witnesses in Gaza reported heavy bombing from jets, warships and artillery stationed along the border, with […]
Israel-Gaza conflict: Medical charity likens work to ‘patching up torture victims in an open-air prison’ Comments by senior Médecins Sans Frontières official expose ethical dilemma of humanitarian work in conflict zones
by Robert Fisk, The Independent In an unprecedented criticism of the Israeli siege of Gaza, a senior official in the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) humanitarian charity has described his organisation’s work among the 1.8 million besieged Palestinian refugees as akin to being “in an open-air prison to patch up prisoners […]
Israeli onslaught shatters western belief that Arabs are source of violence
Source: Mondoweiss By Leila Abu-Orf on July 16, 2014 Last week I saw that my white American uncle posted something on Facebook. It was an article from some obscure far right-wing news source and it was called “Support the Civilized Man: Defeat the Jihadists.” Lo and behold, the article was a […]
The Military Reality of Israel’s Operation in Gaza Sets In
Geopolitical Diary STRATFOR Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Hamas and affiliate militant factions out of the Gaza Strip are so far rejecting an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire, having launched far more than 100 rockets since the cease-fire proposal. In exposing Israel’s inability to stem the rocket flow, Hamas is trying to claim a […]
The Military Reality of Israel's Operation in Gaza Sets In
Geopolitical Diary STRATFOR Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Hamas and affiliate militant factions out of the Gaza Strip are so far rejecting an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire, having launched far more than 100 rockets since the cease-fire proposal. In exposing Israel’s inability to stem the rocket flow, Hamas is trying to claim a […]
Syria conflict exclusive: Western aid going to help territory held by Isis militants
Western governments are sending millions of pounds of aid to areas held by the radical Islamic group Isis in northern Syria, The Independent can reveal. The aid, which is paid […]