News from the Middle East

Overview Egyptians of all ages, from all walks of life, and parts of the country continue to celebrate the dramatic political changes their nation has undergone. Overwhelmingly, they say it is good that former president Hosni Mubarak is gone. Nearly…

(Reuters) – Hamas found the body Friday of a pro-Palestinian Italian activist who was killed by al Qaeda sympathizers in the Gaza Strip, raising questions about Hamas’s control over the beleaguered enclave. Two men were arrested and others were being…

As anti-regime protestors are gunned down and arrested daily on the streets of its main towns and cities, the happy news is that Syria has applied to join the United Nation’s Human Rights Council. Elections will be held in May…

(AFP) WASHINGTON – The US Senate asked the United Nations to rescind a report on the Gaza War after its lead author said he was wrong to conclude Israel targeted civilians during the 2008-2009 offensive. The Senate resolution calls on…

JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he would use a rare speech to a joint session of the US Congress in May to spell out his plan for forging a lasting peace with the Palestinians. Netanyahu,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO, April 11, 2011: The League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada has released its most recent Audit of Antisemitic Incidents[1], an authoritative study of patterns of prejudice released each year in this country. In total,…

Goldstone hat den Vorwurf der Kriegsverbrechen von Israel in Gaza zurückgenommen. Richter Goldstone, Vorsitzender der U.N. Untersuchungskommission zum Gaza-Konflikt 2008/2009, hat mit seinem Kommentar in der Washington Post vom 1. April 2001 die wesentlichen Teile des nach ihm benannten Endberichtes,…

Beim European-Israeli Dialogue fordern Außen- und Innenminister nach den Unruhen im Nahen Osten eine Stärkung der politischen Beziehungen. Historiker Michael Wolffsohn von der Universität der Bundeswehr München “… Europa habe eine Pflicht und Verantwortung, gegen Antisemitismus vorzugehen. “ Lesen Sie…

Nach einem einschränkenden Artikel des südafrikanischen Richters Richard Goldstone hat Israel eine Aufhebung seines Berichts zu dem Gaza-Krieg vor gut zwei Jahren gefordert. Goldstone hatte in der “Washington Post” geschrieben, es gebe inzwischen erheblich mehr Informationen zu dem Krieg. “Wenn…