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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan stated that if Israel crossed over into Turkey’s airspace in order to bomb Iran then their answer to Israel shall be like that of an “earthquake“. Erdogan’s response was due to a question, in an interview with Lebanese newspaper “Al Safir”, over information indicating that Israel had violated Turkish airspace in the process of spying …

The New Year is just a week away and it promises little hope for a better tomorrow or a world without conflicts, a world where the common good will prevail over self-interest. This is no attempt to paint a bleak picture of the future, but only an analysis of the year that is bidding farewell and would go into history …

Where in the world is Osama bin Laden The first year of the Obama Administration is almost over, yet many mysteries surrounding the so-called “dark side” of the “war on terror” remain unsolved. Here are ten: Did former Vice-President Cheney know the full, clinical details of the Bush Administration’s interrogation and detention program for terror suspects? Did he have a …

Israel admits to organ thefts Israel has admitted that it harvested organs from the dead bodies of Palestinians and Israelis in the 1990s, without permission from their families. The admission follows the release of an interview with Jehuda Hiss, the former head of Israel’s forensic institute, in which he said that workers at the institute had harvested skin, corneas, heart …

Efforts by human rights organizations, lawyers and activists in Palestine and Europe to hold Israeli war crimes suspects to account have gained momentum over the past few years. Last week, former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni cancelled a visit to the UK over threats of a lawsuit under the country’s universal jurisdiction laws. The Goldstone report on the UN Fact …

The Islamic Counselling Association based in London has denounced the recent Swiss referendum on the ban on minarets — a decision leading to the spread of Islamophobia and more Muslim hatred of the West. Fathi Abdul, director of the Muslim association, told IRNA that the decision by the Swiss government to hold a referendum on a basic right of humans …