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By Mahmoud Abbas Nobody ever promised me the position of President of the Palestinian National Authority would be easy. I never expected it to be. Combine it with – or consider it a subsidiary role of – my position as ...

“The system just isn’t set up to deal with that kind of anomaly.” London, January 25 – The main computer handling incoming dispatches from British Broadcasting Corporation journalists around the world was forced into automatic shutdown this afternoon after a ...

British opponents of Brexit voiced bitterness at the prospect of not participating in the Union with Iran. London, January 17 – Officials in Tehran followed British Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech Tuesday with interest, noting that if, as she declared, ...

No plans have been made for protests or internet campaigns urging Waters not to perform in Israel. New York, January 11 – Former Pink Floyd frontman and boycott-Israel advocate Roger Waters announced today that he will perform a series of concerts ...

Experts caution that the record applies only to sex scandals, whereas other forms of alleged misconduct occur daily. Jerusalem, January 4 – A new mark has been set for Israel’s political system now that it has gone a full four ...

The Council automatically rendered the entire Jewish stronghold currently under siege an illegal entity that must be dismantled. Jerusalem, December 28 – The Roman general commanding the forces surrounding the Jewish capital sent messengers today to the leaders of the ...

“Our community reserves the right to resist this onslaught of heresy by any means,” read the statement. Jerusalem, December 21 – Religious leaders in the Muslim community across Israel warned today that if millions of Israeli Jews kindle their annual ...

By Judah Joe, the guys are not pleased with your delusions of grandeur, and I can’t say I disagree. Aside from the fact that it’s just dangerously destabilizing to go boasting about visions of your own superiority over us, it’s ...

Critics of the measure expressed concern at its strictness. Malmo, December 7 – A spike in reported rapes that coincides with the influx of refugees and migrants from African and Middle Eastern countries into Europe has driven the European Parliament ...

“It’s not the same, persecuting Copts,” observed Aiwil Qillemal, 80. Baghdad, November 30 – Community elders throughout the Muslim Middle East voiced wistfulness today at the realization that present and future generations in their countries will never know the pleasure ...