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“This should be no different from when he ordered physics textbooks altered to replaced the word res- I mean the word that describes the degree to which a conductor does not allow the passage of electrical current.” Ankara, August 24 ...

“We had hoped that eventually the Americans would begin jailing, torturing, even executing critics, just to show they are serious about this commitment.” Tehran, August 20 – Diplomatic and political officials in Iran lambasted American foreign policy today and threatened ...

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” stated a burkha-clad woman shooting fearful looks at her husband. “Please go away.” Gaza City, August 15 – Two weeks after activists posted a scheduled demonstration on behalf of women’s rights and against ...

There is a direct male lineage traceable in seventy-five percent of Palestinians to the Khazars. Stockholm, August 10 – In what scholars are calling an upheaval in demographic research, a new study has determined that the modern Palestinian population descends from a ...

The urgency of the appointment increased over recent weeks. Amman, August 9 – King Abdullah of Jordan approved the appointment today of a new chief for the Ministry of Badmouthing Israel While Depending on Her for Survival, sources in the ...

“The Temple Mount crisis was relatively small potatoes, but still expensive to engineer,” confessed a Jordanian official. Tel Aviv, July 30 – Rulers of Arab and Muslim states in the Middle East and beyond voiced frustration today at the increasing ...

“The threat of us becoming an Islamist terrorist state is the only leverage we can credibly bring to bear.” Amman, July 26 – Authorities in the Hashemite kingdom on the east bank of the Jordan River are looking to make ...

It’s the Jews pursuing success and prosperity only to make Palestinians, and Arabs in general, look like backward barbarians by comparison. Damascus, July 19 – Just a few dozen kilometers to the southwest of the Syrian capital, Israeli soldiers have ...

Precise casualty figures on the giftwrap-related disaster are hard to come by, but estimates range from just under 300,000 dead to more than 500,000. Homs, Syria, July 17 – Half a million people were killed across the region this decade ...

The official described the diplomatic consequences as a secondary goal of the move, with the primary aim inflicting political damage on rival Hamas. Ramallah, July 12 – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas intends to follow up on the severe reduction ...