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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 ...

“This is… uninformed,” answered a polite Mahmoud Abbas. Ramallah, July 6 – Prominent officials in Palestinian government and society voiced surprise and confusion today when informed that you believe the welfare of everyday Palestinians matters to them. Leaders of the ...

“It looks like there are reports of stuff happening, or about to happen, or that might happen if something doesn’t change.” Doha, July 2 – Some significant developments are going on in the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar, according to ...

Officials in Riyadh, Cairo, Dubai, and elsewhere went as far as to alter photos of aerial military exercises to show their rivals’ fighters collaborating with the Israel Air Force. Riyadh, June 27 – Tensions between competing alliances of Arab and ...