For the past forty-five years the state of Israel has been dispossessing millions of Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories, confiscating their lands, destroying homes, bulldozing orchards and setting-up ‘Jews-only’ colonial settlements serviced by highways, electrical systems and water works for the exclusive use of the settlers and occupying soldiers. The process of Israeli territorial [...]
Israeli Terror: The “Final Solution” To The Palestine Question – OpEd
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Iranian Cyberpolice Chief Fired Over Blogger’s Death
(RFE/RL) — Iran’s police have fired the head of their cybercrimes unit over the case of a blogger dying while in police custody. Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency said on December 1 that General Kamal Hadianfar was fired due to “failure and lack of sufficient supervision over the performance of personnel under his command.” The [...]
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U.S. Says North Korea ‘Satellite’ Launch Would Be Highly Provocative Act
A North Korean “satellite” launch would be a highly provocative act that threatens peace and security in the region, warned the U.S. on Saturday. Earlier in the day, North Korea announced that it would launch another long-range rocket between Dec. 10 and Dec. 22. That announcement has drawn the ire of the U.S.. “Any North [...]
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Foggy Bottom Farce – Analysis
The President should announce his intention to nominate Susan Rice as the next Secretary of State, or move on. By Timothy Stafford It is abundantly clear that Dr. Susan Rice is the President’s first choice to be the next Secretary of State. The newly re-elected President publicly defended his UN Ambassador at his first post-election [...]
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Kosovo And Serbia Turn Attention To Energy
By Bojana Milovanovic and Linda Karadaku Belgrade and Pristina plan to concentrate on resolving energy and telecommunications issues in the next round of their EU-mediated talks. The Energy Community, which regulates energy issues across Europe under the EU acquis, has declared Belgrade in violation of Energy Community rules because it failed to compensate Pristina for [...]
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Al-Qaeda Creates Touareg-Led Brigade
By Jemal Oumar Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s (AQIM) Sahara emirate on Wednesday (November 28th) announced the creation of a 6th brigade called “Youssef ben Tachfine”. The new brigade is made up mainly of Touaregs residing in the Azawad region of northern Mali. It is led by El Kairouani Abu Abdelhamid al-Kidali, a local Touareg [...]
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Libya Gives Tunisia Financial Boost
By Monia Ghanmi and Houda Trabelsi Tunisia has just received a 200-million dinar (98 million euros) development package from Libya. “The financial assistance provided by Libya is a duty to this country,” Libyan General National Congress (GNC) chief Mohamed Magarief said during his two-day visit to Tunis, which ended November 23rd. “There are opportunities for [...]
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Mexico: Eight Injured, 65 Detained In Riots
At least eight people were injured and 65 detained when police clashed with protestors in Mexico on the new president’s inauguration day, the mayor of Mexico told a news conference on Sunday. “We have never had to deal with mass provocations like that. This has nothing to do with a civilized protest, we deplore such [...]
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Iran’s Ahmadinejad Slams New Rules For Presidential Candidacy
The approval of new regulations for presidential candidacy has drawn fierce criticism from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian president spoke out against Parliament and the Expediency Council for approving regulations that, according to him, “go against the constitution of the Islamic Republic.” After months of dispute between MPs and the administration, the new regulations for presidential [...]
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Entry Denied: The Story Of My Rejection From Israel – OpEd
By Lidwien Wijchers After having completed my Bachelor’s degree in Islam and Arabic at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, I chose to pursue a master’s in Conflicts, Territories, and Identities at the same university, with the Palestinian conflict in mind. It was easy to decide where I would complete the internship and research necessary for [...]
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Impasse In Egypt: Is The Fourth Revolution A Failure? – OpEd
By Khaled Al-Dakheel Between Sept. 9, 1881, and last Jan. 25, Egypt, as the Egyptians say, experienced four revolutions: The Orabi Revolution, the Revolution of 1919, the July 23 Revolution, which began with a military coup in the summer of 1952, and finally the current revolution of Jan. 25. The first three revolutions failed to [...]
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China To Be Home Of Majority Of World’s Christians Within 20 Years, Says Theologian
By Estefania Aguirre During a recent book launch in Rome, a noted theologian said that China will be home to the majority of the world’s Christians within the next two decades. “Interfaith dialogue is something that China, which will have the world’s largest Christian population in 20 years, lives with every day,” said Harvey Cox [...]
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Azerbaijan: Less Oil, More Dependence On Oil Money
By Shahin Abbasov You might not think that money from oil would be a problem for Azerbaijan, one of the former Soviet Union’s largest energy producers. But when oil production drops, and election-year demands for money increase, the picture changes. Next year, for the first time in its history, the country’s State Oil Fund will [...]
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UN Says Israel Must Stop New Settlement Plans
The United Nations said Sunday that it was with grave concern and disappointment that the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon learned of Israel’s announcement of 3,000 new settlement units in East Jerusalem and other parts of the West Bank. This would include reported planning in the so-called E-1 envelope, which risks completely cutting off East Jerusalem [...]
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Ecuador: Sumak Kawsay As A Way Of Life
By Luis Ángel Saavedra Understanding the indigenous worldview involves questioning how we are traditional taught to face life. For example, knowing how to differentiate between “living better,” the basis of Western development, and “good living,” or what is called “sumac kawsay” in kichwa. “Living better” is a Western paradigm that implies progress and the accumulation [...]
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Pakistan’s Imran Khan Says Possible To Defeat ‘Jihad Syndrome’
By Faisal J. Abbas, Editor-in-Chief of Al Arabiya English. Long after his cricket heydays, 60-year-old Imran Khan is once again inspiring young Pakistanis on an unprecedented scale. With just a few months left until the upcoming general elections, many in Pakistan are now hoping Khan leads their country into stability and prosperity, just like the [...]
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Food Allergies May Be Linked To Pesticides In Tap Water
Food allergies are on the rise, affecting 15 million Americans. And according to a new study published in the December issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), pesticides and tap water could be partially to blame. The study reported that high [...]
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The Role Of The Cellular Entry Point Of Anthrax Identified
Anthrax uses a receptor on the surface of cells to inject its lethal toxins. However, the physiological function of this receptor, named Anthrax Toxin Receptor 2a (Antxr2a), remained unknown until now. A team led by Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan, a professor at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, in collaboration with Gisou van der Goot at EPFL [...]
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Washington Insider Susan Rice Could Face Tough Nomination Battle
By Margaret Besheer The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, has been touted as a top contender to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. If nominated, Rice may have a difficult path to confirmation after being caught in a battle between the White House and Capitol Hill Republicans over the September attack [...]
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Need For Secure, Sustainable Global Energy System More Urgent Than Ever – OpEd
By Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director International Energy Agency As international climate negotiators enter their second week of talks at COP 18 in Doha, the need to rapidly transition to a more secure, sustainable global energy system is more urgent than ever. IEA analysis shows that achieving the internationally agreed climate goal of limiting [...]
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