Sometimes raw numbers tell quite a story, and the numbers in the protests against the Turkish government are reaching surprising levels. The BBC reported that over 1,700 arrests have been made in 67 towns in connection with the protests. The…
The White House unveiled on Thursday that they have reason to suspect that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons “on a small scale” in that country’s civil war. However, in a letter to Congress, the White House said they want…
After years of internal division, Palestinian political groups may be better able to reconcile after the resignation of Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad. Despite Fayyad’s support from the West, Fayyad has been generally disliked by many in the Palestinian political scene.…
For decades the United States has provided Egypt with millions of dollars worth of aid every year, but a growing list of human rights incidents in Egypt has an American Congresswoman calling for preconditions to be imposed on the funding.…
Former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, known for his anti-West rhetoric and friendship with Iran, was memorialized by a leader half a world away this week: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Chavez, whose government was accused of backing terrorists in Columbia and…
The recent decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to include former-Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in his government and agree to make her the lead negotiator with the Palestinians is already wreaking havoc in Israeli politics. But the real showdown is…