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Pro-Hezbollah parties did not fare as well as they had in the past in Lebanons elections.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.K. “strongly objects” to Israel’s plan to extend its law to parts of Judea and Samaria and “believes profoundly in a two-state solution,” says British prime minister, but was noncommittal regarding any possible sanctions.
A clause was included in a Parliamentary bill, allowing for families of the deceased to oppose cremation out of religious reasons.
By JNi.Media
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said earlier this month that Jerusalem had met all of Ankara’s preconditions for normalizing ties, which were degraded in 2010.
By rewarding Palestinian rejectionism and hate education, the EU has encouraged Palestinian terror and distanced peace. Britain is well out of it.
“One cannot hope to achieve better results while resorting to the same outlooks and tools which have failed time after time previously,” Rivlin said.
There is a huge whiff of IDF hypocrisy here, a stink of "holier than thou." It's too convenient for pols to forget their own past.
Is UK support for Islamic State next?
One of the PM's goals while in the U.S. is to advance the "peace process."
"Our view on Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state is absolute and non-negotiable."
David Cameron's response to infamous British MP George Galloway in parliament last week.
After a night of protests threatening the presidential palace, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has returned home, despite national outrage over his attempts at constitutional reform.
By Barry Rubin
Egypt's draft constitution enshrines Sharia rule without rubbing people’s faces in it.
By JTA
The head of the European Jewish Association has called on the Ukrainian government to ensure the safety of the country's Jews in the wake of the election to parliament of an anti-Semitic party. "We are not presuming of course, to interfere in internal Ukraine affairs and its voters' decisions, however we are very concerned about […]
By Barry Rubin
Saaed Eddin Ibrahim, arguably the Arab world’s leading sociologist and certainly the leading advocate of liberal-Islamist alliance against the old Arab military regimes has now totally changed sides, warning that the Islamists want to hijack power and establish dictatorships. He pleads for Westerners to wake up.
By Aidan Clay
Egypt's Coptic Christian minority fears that the restoration of parliament, which will grant greater powers to Islamists, will be used to institute Sharia law and stifle religious freedom.
By Barry Rubin
If there is an Islamist president and parliament who pass laws that correspond only to Sharia and who appoint Islamist judges and al-Azhar shaykhs then Egypt will be a Sharia state. No doubt though the Constitution will be interpreted by many Western observers of proof that the Brotherhood and Salafists have moderated.
Jordan has managed until now to remain untouched by these problems, and King Abdullah II knew how to navigate matters of the kingdom in a way that the waves of the revolution washing over the rest of the Arab world did not yet wash over his kingdom. But in the past few weeks - mainly since the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco - a different sort of problem is now becoming apparent: the problem of radical political Islam.
Hungary's House Speaker László Kövér has replied to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, who recently renounced a Hungarian state honor in protest at what he sees as the government toleration of rising anti-Semitic sentiment, the Budapest Times reported. Kövér defended Hungarian writer József Nyírõ, who was a member of parliament for the wartime fascist […]
By Jewish Press Staff Reporter
If official results stand, Mursi will have won Egypt's first post-uprising elections with 51.89 per cent of the vote, succeeding toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak. The ruling military council will "hand over power" on 30 June.
By Barry Rubin
While one can certainly sympathize with the idea of letting an elected parliament being allowed to take office, that's not necessarily such a clear call in strategic terms. The Egyptian parliament--which will write the constitution and thus define the powers of the president--is almost 75 percent rabidly anti-American and antisemitic.
By JTA
The Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party, which won nearly seven percent of the vote in last week's elections, has had its official website taken down by host WordPress. "This blog has been archived or suspended for a violation of our Terms of Service," said a message from WordPress that replaced their homepage. The web page […]
By JTA
Jewish leaders in Greece expressed concern and disappointment after the fascist Golden Dawn party was poised to enter the Greek parliament for the first time. Speaking to a news conference on Sunday, Golden Dawn leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos warned Greece's enemies – inside and outside the country – that they should be "very afraid." "We are […]
By Rafi Harkham
The resolution read, "Egypt after the revolution will never be a friend of the Zionist entity, the number one enemy of Egypt and the Arab nation." It also supported Palestinian resistance "in all its kinds and forms."
The Freedom and Justice Party will lead the Labor, Planning and Budget committees.
Mohamed Saad el-Katatni quoted as saying that Camp David accord "needs reevaluation".
Incident comes amid growing lawlessness and discontent among Sinai Bedouin
Parliament Speaker Ali Larjani provides no additional details.
By Sam Ser
“The Syrian people are living their worst period,” parliament member Imad Ghalioun said in an interview from Egypt on Sunday night.
The more conservative Salafists are expected to gain 25% of the total seats.
July 3, 2026 
