United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah bin Zayed launched on Sunday the “Zayed Tolerance Pledge” campaign calling on schools, universities and other institutions in the UAE to take part. The campaign is reportedly designed to promote the values of the country’s founder, Zayed bin Sultan. Citizens have been urged to film themselves reciting a number of pledges to… Read more »
Momentum is building among deputies in the Iraqi parliament to oust U.S. troops entirely from the country—an outcome that would leave Iraq’s political future in the hands of neighboring Iran and leave its citizens more vulnerable to the Islamic State. Today, the United States fields an estimated 5,200 troops in Iraq. They are there as part of a security agreement… Read more »
A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank, marking the fourth Palestinian killed in 24 hours. The Palestinian Red Crescent said one of its crew treated a man with two bullet wounds at an Israeli military checkpoint near the city of Bethlehem on Wednesday and that Israeli forces had shot him. The Palestinian Health… Read more »
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, has long been a polarizing figure, both at home and abroad. His continued power in Israel is in no small part due to his deft political manoeuvring, whether it be within his multi-party governing coalition in the Knesset or with the number of foreign powers with which he interacts. Netanyahu, a right wing populist… Read more »
The Libya Observer reports, “Minister of Interior, Fathi Pashagha has emphasized the need to pay attention to and protect all tourist and archaeological sites inside and outside the capital Tripoli, in an aim to stop the smuggling of antiquities, which represents a threat to the national security of the country. Pashagha reviewed during his meeting with the head of the… Read more »
Al Jazeera reports, “It was a scene unthinkable just weeks ago: an Israeli Cabinet minister, tears of joy filling her eyes, proudly singing her country’s national anthem at a sports event in the heart of the Arab world. The spectacle of Miri Regev singing “HaTikva”, which describes the Jewish yearning for a homeland in Zion, was just one in a… Read more »
Foreign Policy reports, “Momentum is building among deputies in the Iraqi parliament to oust U.S. troops entirely from the country—an outcome that would leave Iraq’s political future in the hands of neighboring Iran and leave its citizens more vulnerable to the Islamic State. Today, the United States fields an estimated 5,200 troops in Iraq. They are there as part of… Read more »
Al Jazeera reports, “A prominent Egyptian novelist has said he is being sued by military prosecutors in Cairo for “insulting the president, the armed forces and judicial institutions”. Alaa al-Aswany, the author of The Yacoubian Building, said the lawsuit is related to columns he wrote for German media network Deutsche Welle and his latest book, The Republic, As If. The novel… Read more »
perfume typically has an odd one worded name that stems from a feeling rather then the smells, like fire, or confidence. The marketing has worked of course because people buy the stuff to smell good, but what is most bizarre about perfume is te advertising. Weird romantic fantasies that stretch the limits of the protenstias naming and design of the… Read more »
By Felicia Schwartz Updated March 20, 2019 1:13 p.m. ET TEL AVIV—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will seek to use a visit to Jerusalem to push back against Iran’s encroachment on Israel’s borders, an intervention seen as offering support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just weeks before national elections. Mr. Pompeo arrived in Israel on Wednesday to discuss threats… Read more »