Is it a tacit recognition of a Palestinian state by Pope?
Source: Times of India (TOI) BETHLEHEM: Pope Francis landed on Sunday in the West Bank town of Bethlehem in a symbolic nod to Palestinian aspirations for their own state as […]
Is it a tacit recognition of a Palestinian state by Pope?
Source: Times of India (TOI) BETHLEHEM: Pope Francis landed on Sunday in the West Bank town of Bethlehem in a symbolic nod to Palestinian aspirations for their own state as […]
Pope urges end to “unacceptable” Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Epigraph: And thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants […]
Israel continues digging tunnels underneath Al-Aqsa mosque
PNN/Jerusalem The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Heritage and Waqf reported yesterday that the Israeli authorities have almost finished a network of tunnels underneath one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa mosque […]
Pope Francis travels to the Holy Land with a rabbi and a Muslim cleric
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Vatican defends Palestinian sovereignty ahead of papal visit
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s Secretary of State on Thursday defended the Palestinians’ right to a “sovereign and independent” homeland and said he hoped Pope Francis’ upcoming visit would lead […]
The Arab-Israeli conflict comes to the Metro buses
Source: The Washington Post BY GLENN KESSLER May 21 at 6:00 am A reader called the other day, asking for a fact check of a bus ad that called for ending U.S. aid to Islamic countries. It turns out the ad, sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, was in […]
American Rabbis Welcome Pope Francis To Israel
The Huffington Post | by Yasmine Hafiz Ahead of Pope Francis’ arrival in the Holy Land on May 24, over 450 American rabbis have signed a letter of welcome as he […]
50 Actual Facts That Challenge What You’ve Been Told About Muslims
Source: PolicyMic By Laila Alawa: Laila Alawa is a Muslim feminist, writer and cultural critic who has been published at The Huffington Post, The Guardian, Patheos, The Islamic Monthly, and serves […]
50% more settlers seen in West Bank by 2019
JERUSALEM: The number of Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank could grow by as much as 50 percent by 2019, Israel’s ultra-nationalist construction minister said on Friday. Palestinians want […]
Johanna Neumann, Holocaust Survivor, Tells Story Of Being Saved By A Muslim Family In Albania
Johanna Neumann was nine years old when her family escaped from Nazi Germany to seek refuge in Albania. They spent six years there and survived the war thanks to a number of Muslim families who sheltered them along the way. Neumann’s is one of many stories that demonstrate Albania’s often […]
Apartheid is the right word for Israel
ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG ARABNEWS MoreLate last month, US Secretary of State John Kerry told the Trilateral Commission in New York that that if there was no two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict soon, Israel risked becoming “an apartheid state.” Kerry’s address, delivered on April 25 in New York, was supposed […]
Pictures of the day: Growing flowers in gas bombs
worldbulletin @worldbulletin #Palestinian lady collects gas bombs fired by Israeli army. She grows flowers in these bombs. pic.twitter.com/ThWZ7JgovL
Settlers Raze Agricultural Lands near Hebron
Hebron/PNN Settlers on Sunday razed agricultural lands east of West Bank city of Hebron. Local sources said that dozens of settlers from “Hafat Gal” settlement that was built on Palestinian […]
Muslim, Christian leaders decry Israel enlisting of Christian Arabs
by Rula Samain | May 04, 2014 | 22:48 AMMAN — Muslim and Christian leaders, and intellectuals have denounced a recent Israeli move to recruit Arab Christians in its army as a “Zionist conspiracy aiming not only to divide and weaken the Arab ranks, but also to push Christians to […]
Netanyahu pushes to define Israel as nation state of Jewish people only
PM proposes rare change to basic law in response to ‘constant and increasing assault’ on aspects of Israel’s legitimacy Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem theguardian.com, Sunday 4 May 2014 19.03 BST Binyamin Netanyahu will push ahead with a rare change to Israel’s basic laws – which amount to the country’s constitution […]
In Jerusalem, an effort to quiet the call to prayer
JERUSALEM: Five times a day, loudspeakers at the top of nearly 200 minarets in this holy city call to Muslims to pray. They blare before dawn and the wailing cry […]
Dutch Muslims plan ‘Palestinian Holocaust’ event
Group to mark ‘ethnic cleansing of Palestine’ on Holland’s WWII memorial day Times of Israel: THE HAGUE, Netherlands: The Platform Bewust Moslim group, whose name means “Platform Aware Muslim,” is […]
Erekat: Israel Never Gave Negotiations Chance to Succeed
Ramallah/PNN PLO Executive Committee member Saeb Erekat said in a statement issued by the Negotiations Affairs Department of the PLO that Israel never gave the negotiations a chance to succeed. Erekat stressed that everything Israel did during the past nine months aimed at sabotaging Palestinian and international efforts to achieve […]
Israeli businesswoman dreams of return to Gaza
It’s been almost a decade since Sophia Trotoush-Argaman was forced to abandon her Gaza handbag factory, but still the city remains on her label. The former fashion photographer and journalist started her company as a hobby while at home with a newborn. Now she sells thousands of the bespoke bags […]