No joke: The 185-year-old society, a jewel in Oxford University’s crown, is a bastion of free speech where the elite of Britain and many other countries have cut their debating teeth. The framed photos in the entryway honor luminaries from Queen Elizabeth II and Sir Winston Churchill to Robert Kennedy and Yasser Arafat who have [...]
Why don’t we just raise the white flag and be done with it? Israel has granted amnesty to some 30 wanted members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, Fatah’s military wing, Palestinian security officials told Ynet on Sunday. The Israeli defense establishment has yet to confirm the report. The Palestinians reported that Israel has removed about [...]
Beware the self-immolating palestinian: Gazans held in Egypt threaten self-immolation Palestinians from the Gaza Strip detained in the Egyptian city of Al-Arish are threatening to set themselves on fire if they are not allowed to return to Gaza by 3pm Sunday afternoon. Egyptian police are detaining about 500 Palestinians in a sports club in Al-Arish. [...]
