Under Hamas, No More Coed Classes in Gaza

Teachers stand among school girls at al-Qahera school in Gaza City on April 2, 2013. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters) A community of animals elects its new ...

Topics: Gaza , Hamas , Gaza Strip , Fatah

Little for Kerry to gain from Mideast visit

Lebanon Daily Star 1 day ago

Efforts to kick-start Israeli-Palestinian negotiations without backdoor discussions with Hamas are unlikely to yield results, analysts told The Daily ...

Topics: Palestine , Hamas , Gaza , Benjamin Netanyahu , Israel , Netanyahu , Fatah

Yachimovich meets with Fatah official in Germany

Ynetnews 1 day ago

Topics: Fatah

The Next Arab Idol: Palestine's Boy Wonder and Stereotype Buster

The Daily Beast 2 days ago

A phenomenon is sweeping the Middle East. Arabs young and old are voting in record numbers—and this time it's not for the Muslim Brotherhood.

Topics: Palestine , Gaza , Hamas , Netanyahu , Fatah

Weary words

Lebanon Daily Star 9 hours ago

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry conceded upon landing in occupied Jerusalem Thursday that there has been some skepticism, pessimism and ...

Topics: Hamas , Palestine , Israel , Fatah

The Caged Bird Sings

Andrew Sullivan for The Atlantic 2 days ago

I had no idea – and you probably didn’t either – that Simon Cowell’s Idol franchise extends to the Arab world – and, in fact, may be one of the last ...

Topics: Hamas , Palestine , Gaza , Netanyahu , Fatah

Commentary: Israel: Crises 360 degrees

United Press International 2 days ago

WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- Surrounded by crises in all its Arab neighbors, Israeli leaders are not about to facilitate the birth of a Palestinian ...