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Jerusalem, February 28 – Another round of shuttle diplomacy by US Secretary of State John Kerry has succeeded in getting Israel and the Palestinians to agree to a statement that the Secretary’s appearance resembles a caricature. In what has become ...

Amman, Jordan, February 23 – This week, as organizations on college campuses around the globe try to draw attention to what activists have labeled Israel’s “Apartheid” policies governing Palestinians, Palestinian refugees are emphasizing that the even harsher treatment they receive ...

Damascus, February 22 – In the wake of a popular uprising in Ukraine that resulted in the deposing of Viktor Yanukovich as president, leaders throughout the Middle East are expressing bewilderment that the authorities in Kiev did not immediately resort ...

Washington, DC, February 19 – A new study by an independent think tank shows that the lion’s share of BS in the world stems from the conflict between Israel and its neighbors. Environmental and rhetorical scientists from the Center for ...

Washington, DC, February 17 – Fresh from a trip to the Middle East and eager to showcase American decisiveness and will, US Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters today that the Obama administration is seriously considering leaning in the ...

Stockholm, February 13 – Geneticists at the Royal Swedish Academy say they have isolated the segment of DNA that accounts for automatic blamelessness among Palestinians, the European Journal of Medicine reported today. European researchers say that the gene known as ...

Canberra, Australia, February 11 – Astronomers in Australia have discovered what they say is the oldest star known so far, prompting Palestinian officials to claim their ancestors inhabited that star long before any Jews came along. Scientists mapping the southern ...

Rafah Crossing, Gaza Strip, February 10 – This morning saw the last of the Dementors cross the border into Egypt, marking the end of the group’s sixty-six-year mission in the coastal enclave. Since fighting began in late 1947 between Egyptian ...

Tel Aviv, February 5 – Tel Aviv University has taken back its invitation to have Hassan Nasrallah address the students and faculty, after several professors and student activists complained that the Hezbollah leader was insufficiently anti-Zionist. The university had issued ...

Yarmuk Refugee Camp, Syria, February 4 – Syrian troops surround this crowded, dangerous camp as snipers, starvation, and lack of medicine takes the lives of dozens of its residents, but the Palestinian refugees living here are expressing gratitude to their ...