Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal denounced on Thursday an Israeli offer of a demilitarized Palestinian state as a "big prison" and said only armed struggle could restore Palestinian rights.

The authorities said yesterday they had foiled a plan to wage jihad, or "holy war", against the United States by detonating bombs outside a pair of synagogues in New York and using a stinger missile to shoot down National Guard aircraft at a base in Newbu

U.S. President Barack Obama is using a "new language" in relations with the Middle East and an official overture towards Hamas is only a matter of time, the Islamist group's leader Khaled Meshaal said in a newspaper interview.

The de facto government in Gaza has banned celebrations of Al-Quds Capital of Arab Culture 2009 in the Strip, according to Father Manuel Musallam, pastor of the Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, on Saturday. Father Musallam told Ma'an that the de fact

Jewish Editor Sacked for Publishing Article

they call themselves the "jewish defense league," (jdl) but this misnomer, like the "israeli defense forces" masks what they are really there to do: to murder, steal, and cover it all up. the jdl, fortunately, continues to be on the united states terroris

The decision to ban George Galloway from Canada seems odd, but now it emerges that the Jewish Defence League (JDL) pressured the Canadian Government to so the action takes on sinister connotations for Canada, why? Because the Jewish Defence League are acc

Israeli police have prevented Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem from holding events to mark the city's designation as "capital of Arab culture" for 2009. About 20 Palestinians were detained in and around East Jerusalem on Saturday, but there were n

The sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq is a sad occasion for the balance sheet: during six years of occupation 1.2 million citizens were killed, 2,000 doctors killed, and 5,500 academics and intellectuals assassinated or imprisoned. There are 4.7 m

The media is reporting that President Obama will make a final decision on his Afghanistan strategy next week. He is faced with widespread evidence of failure and a history of a country that has proven time and again to be "the grave yard of empires."