More than 1.5 million Palestinian people living in the world’s largest concentration camp that is called Gaza these days commemorate the first anniversary of the Israeli horror that killed nearly 1,700 civilians. They visit the graveyard where half the graves bear the names of children killed by Israeli missiles, rockets and illegal white phosphorous bombs when Gaza came under three …

CAIRO – A French debate on defining the values constituting national identity is sparking controversy in the western European country, amid warnings that the discussions are particularly targeting the Muslim presence. “When they define the shared values that make France’s national identity, they always focus on secularism, and integrating immigrants,” Myriam Belmehdi, 19, told the Los Angeles Times on Monday, …

Renowned American sociopolitical analyst Noam Chomsky says Israel functions as Washington’s main weapons storage base in the Middle East. “Israel is essentially a US military base, the US positions weapons there, that’s a very close military and intelligence tie,” the Jewish academic told Press TV on Wednesday while explaining the complexity of relations between Washington and Tel Aviv. Commenting on …

Senior officials in Israel confirmed reports on Monday that a British court issued a warrant against opposition leader Mrs. Tzipi Livni for her role in orchestrating Israel’s military offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip last December. British sources reported  that though a British court had issued an arrest warrant for Livni over war crimes committed in Gaza, it annulled …

Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner General of UNRWA and on International Human Rights Day Commissioner-general of the UN Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA), Karen Abu Zeid, confirmed reports stating that Egypt is installing an iron barrier along its border with the Gaza Strip, and added that the United States is financing the project. Speaking at a forum organized by the American University …

Obama want to see a stop to settlements: Not some settlements, not outposts, not natural growth exceptions”. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, May 2009 “What the prime minister has offered in specifics of a restraint on the policy of settlements…..is unprecedented, there has never been a precondition, it’s always been an issue within negotiations.” Hillary Clinton, BBC, November 1, 2009 …