Chief PA Negotiator Saeb Erekat has denied an Al-Hayat report claiming that PA President Mahmoud Abbas is willing to carry out a land swap for 2.3 percent of the “West Bank” to allow Israel to maintain some settlement blocks, in exchange for territory south of Hebron, and is also willing to allow the Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem to remain under Israeli sovereignty.
In a meeting with Saudi King Abdullah, US President Barack Obama has vowed to boldly go where everyone has tried to go before and failed.
Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni has come out swinging against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, after his decision to ease restrictions of the blockade on Gaza.
Never has the true Arab and Muslim position towards the palestinians been so well captured.
I hope baby saves some of that milk for his adult male relatives.
Thank you, Google Translate, for such hidden gems. “A couple of asses” fanning the debate on the covers of Saudi textbooks Raised the image of the “two donkeys” on the cover of a pilot of one textbook controversy between teachers and students on the one hand and between the Ministry of Education, on the other. [...]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again gone on the attack against Israel. “We cannot be indifferent to the problems of the Islamic world or Jerusalem,” he said. He added that although Turkey was interested in integrating into the Western world, it has not turned its back on the East. “Arabs and Turks [...]
The Arab media reported that two Israeli missile boats passed through the Suez Canal Thursday morning, with the Egyptians adopting strict security measures (such as preventing any vessels from passing through the Canal) to ensure the ships’ safety. The sources did not provide the exact ultimate destination of the missile boats. However, Egyptian maritime sources [...]
From the Department of Unfortunate Names (hat tip: Richard Landes) Despite having served for years as a distinguished Pakistani diplomat, Akbar Zeb reportedly cannot receive accreditation as Pakistan’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The reason, apparently, has nothing to do with his credentials, and everything to do with his name — which, in Arabic, translates to [...]
