Gaza’s new sailing school……..

On arrival to Gaza, one of our main objectives was the setting up of a sailing school. We strongly believe the sea will, insh’allah, one day be the route of freedom for the people of Palestine, freedom to sail their own waters, freedom to travel to the rest of the world without asking permission from another country and freedom to [...]

Israel orchestrates plot to penetrate Syrian territories

A picture taken from the Syrian side shows the Quneitra border crossing between Syria and the Israeli annexed Golan Heights . Israel is reportedly preparing the grounds for military meddling in Syria by creating chaos in the southwestern Syrian province of Quneitra near the Israeli border. Informed sources say Tel Aviv is making efforts to [...]

EU Heads of Mission Call for end to Blockade on Gaza

JERUSALEM, February 29, 2012 (WAFA) – European Union Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah Wednesday called on Israel to end its blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip since 2006 and allow free movement of goods and people to and from Gaza. In a statement issued following their first joint visit to Gaza this year, [...]

Syria unrest: Surgeon tells of Homs makeshift hospital

‘We just had to rinse our hands in alcohol and put our gloves on’ Jacques Beres is a 71-year-old surgeon and co-founder of the Medecins Sans Frontieres group. He has just returned from the besieged Syrian city of Homs where, in a makeshift clinic, he managed to treat dozens of people wounded during weeks of [...]

Tunisia planning to issue Islamic bond: banker

BAHRAIN (Reuters) – Tunisia’s government plans to issue the country’s first Islamic bond this year as it works to finance a budget deficit swollen by last year’s revolution, a senior Arab banker said on Wednesday. “The Tunisian government is planning to issue an Islamic sovereign bond before the end of this year,” said Adnan Ahmed Yousif, [...]

Palestinians invite Security Council to visit West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem

  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (right) greeted by locals during a recent visit to Israel UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians have invited the UN Security Council to visit the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, a move Israel says is an attempt to try to divert attention from getting back to direct negotiations [...]

UK Drone Strikes: Peaking Behind the Curtain

We are publishing from today a list of known UK drone strikes in Afghanistan. The list will be regularly updated when information becomes available. The UK Drone Strike List is available here In summary: Some details of 80 (40%) of UK drone strikes have been revealed, information about another 150 UK drone strikes remains secret; In February 2012 a British [...]

Book launch Paul Weller over Gülenbeweging en participatie Europese moslims

vrijdag 23 maart 2012 19:30 tot 21:30 Rochussenstraat 221, Rotterdam De vraag of de aanwezigheid van moslims in Europa voor spanningen in de samenleving zorgt, is niet meer aan de orde. Veel eerder moeten we ons afvragen voor welke uitdagingen zij ons stelt en welke kansen er liggen. De 240 pagina’s tellende bundel essays European Muslims, Civility [...]

Israeli forces shut down two Palestinian television stations

Israeli soldiers take part in a military operation overnight in the West Bank on August 21, 2011. The Israeli regime’s security forces have shut down two Palestinian television stations in the occupied West Bank after confiscating their broadcasting equipment and properties. Palestinian employees said the Israeli troops stormed the buildings of Watan Television and Quds [...]

IOF soldiers arrest 390 Palestinians in February

RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested 390 Palestinians in February from various West Bank areas, a Palestinian human rights group said on Tuesday. Ansar Al-Asra said in a statistics report that the detainees included old men, women, minors, liberated prisoners, journalists, and others. It noted that the IOF soldiers savagely stormed homes in [...]