Reflections on Jerusalem Day in an impoverished, extremist, and divided city
JERUSALEM: Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim) over the years has become a bizarre event: in an impoverished, battered city, the western side celebrates an imaginary reunification with its eastern counterpart. The…
Thai Lessons for China
BEIJING: Whatever the effects of political turmoil in Thailand, they are not helping the cause of democracy in China. The images of pro-democracy protesters and the subsequent military crackdown in…
Our Post-Modern Crisis
BERLIN: On the weekend of May 7-9, the European Union gazed into the abyss of historical failure. The fate of the euro was at stake and with it European unification…
Effective resistance to illegal occupation
The Palestinian campaign to boycott settlement products is enjoying exceptionally high levels of enthusiasm and support from all sectors of Palestinian society. It is also garnering sympathy and understanding from…
Court suspends order banning police officers on campuses
CAIRO: The Cairo Court for Urgent Cases suspended an administrative court order that had banned the presence of police officers on Cairo University campuses, according to state portal egynews.net. Under…
Pirates hijack cargo ship with 24 crew off Somalia, says EU
BRUSSELS: Pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades on Wednesday hijacked a Panama-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden with 24 crew from Bangladesh, Ghana, Egypt and Pakistan, EU naval forces…
Israel begins release of flotilla activists who give disturbing account of raid
CAIRO: The majority activists on the aid flotilla that was attacked by the IDF in international waters Monday and detained by Israel since have been deported back to their countries.…
Turkey joins Arab League meeting on flotilla raid
CAIRO: The Arab League held an emergency meeting Tuesday on the level of permanent delegates to discuss the Arab stance towards the Israeli raid on an aid flotilla headed for…
Hamas says Rafah crossing with Egypt open
RAFAH: Gaza's Hamas rulers on Wednesday said the Rafah border crossing with Egypt was open to travelers following a decision by Cairo to allow in humanitarian aid. The move to…
Shoura results due Thursday amid court orders
CAIRO: Shoura Council results will be announced Thursday amid court orders to call off the mid-term elections in a number of constituencies. The Administrative Court cancelled Tuesday the election…