A new study based on interviews with more than 200 North American Muslims concludes that a recent spate of state laws banning "sharia law" from the court system may be an overreaction to a non-existent threat.
Arab students at Safed Academic College, who have recently formed their own faction, are expected to win the student elections on Monday, just over a year after a wave of anti-Arab racism erupted in the northern Israeli city. Two political parties, one Arab and the other mi …
The Obama administration is preparing to begin talks with Iraq on defining a long-term defense relationship that may include expanded U.S. training help, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s chief policy aide. The U.S.
Hamas chief Khaled Meshal on Sunday made his first official visit to Jordan since the kingdom expelled him more than a decade ago and after talks with King Abdullah insisted that Jordan will not be a substitute homeland for the Palestinians. "We are happy with this new good …
A bill geared at retroactively approving West Bank outposts that had been built on private Palestinian land may be brought to a vote in the Knesset this week, despite the objection of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. Netanyahu's coalition leadership is expect …
A retired U.S. lieutenant general who made comments denigrating Islam withdrew Monday from speaking at a West Point prayer breakfast after a veterans' advocacy group asked the Army chief of staff to rescind the invitation.
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"We will not leave enemies' sanctions unanswered and we will impose other sanctions on them in addition to closing Iran's oil supplies to Europe."
The executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) is expected to rule whether or not to continue the Jordan-mediated low-level peace talks with Israel in the next few days, Palestinian officials said on Saturday. On Thursday, the time frame that the P …
A senior United Nations official on Friday called upon Israel to immediately halt the demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank. “Israel, as the occupying Power, has a fundamental responsibility to protect the Palestinian civilian population under its control a …
Below is some of my feelings with excerpts from the Debate.
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