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The Syrian government is reeling over a recent attack in northern Lebanon. It is placing the blame on Islamic militants tied to Al Qaeda, based in a Palestinian refugee camp located in the country. This attack is on the heels of a strike in Damascus, Syria’s capital. The different factions involved are tied to the [...]
Nir Barkat, a former high-tech business executive, has been elected Jerusalem’s mayor and is “determined to save the city.” He has brought new hope, because he is a secularist and not Orthodox, unlike his predecessor. He was born in Jerusalem and has degrees in computer science and business management. He later founded the BRM group, [...]
Israeli police in East Jerusalem have removed a tent set up in protest by a Palestinian family. The Kurd family had been living in their house for 52 years when a court ruling last week granted the land to Jewish groups. These groups claimed the land was an important burial site and Jewish-owned during the [...]
The International Red Cross has announced that it expects to maintain its current presence in Lebanon for at least another year. “We have reached a level which permits us to intervene quickly in the case of a crisis,” stated incoming International Committee Red Cross head, Georges Comninos to the Daily Star of Lebanon. ”We have taken [...]
The United Nations warns that Israel’s blockade will cause Gaza to run out of food within days. Israel has allowed minimal fuel shipments for Gaza’s power plant, but Israel has still prohibited food shipments. A UN Refugee Agency spokesman said food distribution would stop by Thursday, if Israel did not allow shipments of wheat, cooking [...]
On Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak decided that Israel would resume minimal fuel shipments to Gaza to power its electricity plant. Israel ceased shipments last week following rocket fire and a gun battle between the Israeli Defense Force and Hamas fighters. Gaza has only one power plant, and Israel is the only provider of [...]
A masked gunman fatally shot a Fatah member in a Palestinian refugee camp in Southern Lebanon on Thursday, reported Lebanese security officials. The 26-year-old victim, Mustafa Khatib, was killed instantly. The gunman, whose identity remains unknown, then fled into the maze of the Ein el-Hilweh camp, which is near the city of Sidon. This killing [...]
In a conference held in Beirut, Lebanon, the main topic of discussion was Palestinian workers and their economic and civil rights. Even though Palestinians have lived in Lebanon for many years, they do not have the right to hold certain jobs. The difficulty with this issue is that it is rooted in Lebanese law that [...]
The family of the 19 year old Palestinian, Qassem Mughrabi, who drove into a bus stop and injured 19 Israelis claim that the driver was not intending to carry out a terrorist attack. After driving into the bus stop, the teen was shot dead by soldiers who were waiting at there. The family asserts that [...]
On Thursday last, the Palestinian President sent 500 members of a security force for training in Jordan. The training is being funded by the U.S. and the force will be trained for several months in police tactics. This is the second battalion from President Abbas’s National Security Force to receive this type of training funded [...]
