In both Lebanon and Syria, Palestinian refugees tried to cross the Israeli border on Nakba Day [EPA] As Syrian protesters continue taking to the streets against the government of president Bashar al-Assad, the question of what role Syria’s half million Palestinian refugees will play remains unanswered. “Look at how the [Syrian] regime attacks its own [...]
Saeb Erekat met on Friday with Daniel Rubinstein, the US consul general in Jerusalem [EPA] A senior American diplomat reportedly warned on Friday that the United States would cut aid to the Palestinian Authority if it asks the United Nations to recognise a Palestinian state next month. Daniel Rubinstein, the US consul general in Jerusalem, [...]
A recently exposed decade-long relationship between the CIA and NYPD that shows how the two agencies have worked together to monitor Muslim communities in New York has alarmed lawyers and analysts [GALLO/GETTY] Only two weeks before the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Associated Press has broken a story that reminds us [...]
Islamic Jihad: Ceasefire with Israel agreed at dawn Published today (updated) 26/08/2011 21:13 An Israeli army jeep passes by Egyptian soldiers on the Israeli-Egyptian borders on North East Sinai, August 22, 2011. [Reuters/Asmaa Waguih] BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Senior Islamic Jihad officials said the faction had agreed a ceasefire with Israel at dawn Friday, after [...]
Report: Israel approves Egypt troop influx in Sinai Published today (updated) 26/08/2011 19:39 An Egyptian soldier stands guard at the Egyptian Rafah crossing to the Gaza Strip, in northern Sinai, August 22, 2011 [Reuters/Asmaa Waguih] BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has approved the deployment of thousands of extra Egyptian troops in [...]
Israeli troops fire tear gas at protest in Qalandiya Published today (updated) 26/08/2011 21:12 Israeli soldiers block Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah December 10, 2005. [MaanImages/Charlotte de Bellabre] RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli troops fired tear gas on dozens of protesters gathered at Qalandiya checkpoint near Ramallah to call for access [...]
Hurricane Irene threatens to plunge US east coast into major power blackout Hurricane Irene is left a message on a boarded-up house in Nags Head, North Carolina. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP ‘Storm of a lifetime’ puts up to 65m people in harm’s way as Obama urges Americans to take precautions reddit this Suzanne Goldenberg in [...]
Glenn Mulcaire names News of the World staff behind phone hacking Glenn Mulcaire has revealed the names of the News of the World staff who instructed him to carry out phone hacking. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Private investigator passes names on to Steve Coogan‘s lawyers, in accordance with court order reddit this Press Association guardian.co.uk, Friday 26 [...]
France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy, like his counterparts in the UK, Italy, the US and other countries, is keen to garner oil contracts once a new government emerges in Libya [Reuters] It looks like the more telling news on Libya has migrated to the business pages. With jubilant reporting of Gaddafi‘s imminent downfall seizing headlines, it’s [...]
On War, Obama Has Been Worse Than Bush by Anthony Gregory, August 26, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Obama said he would divert resources from Iraq to Afghanistan. To his everlasting shame, he has not broken this promise. The real critique of the wars certainly goes beyond the numbers. It is good, [...]
‘If he thinks we’re going to win, he’ll be easy on us’ … Tony Blair on Rupert Murdoch in 1994. Photographs: Keith Waldegrave/PA Thursday 23 June 1994 Tea with Tony Blair. I pressed him to think [about] how he was going to deal with the power structure. He confirmed that he will go for disclosure of political [...]
