Israel disputes French TV claim on boys death

Tampa Bay Online - Sunday 19th May, 2013

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel has completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed ...

Rising Dubai land values boost worth of Kuwaits IFA

The National - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Rising Dubai land values helped the Kuwaiti resort developer IFA Hotels & Resorts almost double the value of its investment portfolio during the first quarter of the year. The company, which owns the recently opened Fairmont on the trunk of the Palm and the under- construction Kingdom of Sheba hotel on the crescent, said the value of the resorts it owns increased from 30.5 million Kuwaiti ...

Bahrain e-Content Award 2013 Launched

Bahrain News Agency - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Manama, May 19. (BNA) -- Under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa - Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology (SCICT); Bahrain Internet Society (BIS) in collaboration with the eGovernment Authority (eGA) announces the launch of Bahrain eContent Award 2013. The award, an integrated part of the World ...

Egypt Police Mistreats Stranded Palestinians - Gaza

All Africa - Sunday 19th May, 2013

A Gazan official has said that hundreds of stranded Palestinians, including members of parliament and patients, were mistreated by Egyptian police during their return from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after performing hajj (Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca). Interior Ministry Spokesman Islam Shahwan told Asharq Alawsat on Sunday that he received complaints from stranded citizens who said they were ...

Egypt Judges Elect New Constitutional Court Chief

All Africa - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The general assembly of the High Constitutional Court approved Adly Mansour's appointment as Chief Justice on Sunday. Mansour will replace Maher al-Behiery who retires on June 30. A 2011 amendment to the law states that the president chooses the Chief Justice of the HCC from the three top deputies following the approval of the court's general assembly. Before the amendment, ...

Hundreds of Ansar al-Sharia supporters erect barricades in streets of Ettadhamen hurl rocks at police.

Middle East Online - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Clashes broke out between radical Islamists and police on Sunday after Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia told its followers to gather "in large numbers" near Tunis for its annual congress, defying a government ...

The Devil We Know Revisited Israeli Thinking on the Future of the

IMRA - Sunday 19th May, 2013

[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: This article was written before the IDF Spokesman challenged the veracity of the Times of London quote (copy below) "Since I know the positions of the Intelligence Branch regarding events in Syria, I find the quotation is not reliable. I would even say ...

NGO Monitor Church of Scotland Fails to Correct a Terrible Wrong

IMRA - Sunday 19th May, 2013

PRESS RELEASE May 19, 2013 Contact: Lenny Ben-David NGO Monitor 054-216-8155 lenny.bendavid@ngo-monitor.org Church of Scotland's "revision" is no step forward Church should cut ties with religiously intolerant Sabeel organization Jerusalem - The Church of Scotland's "revision" of its April report "The Inheritance Of Abraham? A Report On The ...

PMW Bulletin PA daily Palestinians are Jesus descendants

IMRA - Sunday 19th May, 2013

[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: It is this simple: under the rules of the PA, it would be a capital offense to sell real estate to Jesus.] PMW Bulletin May 17, 2013 Official PA daily: "Palestinians [are] Jesus' descendants" and "Jesus' story is his [Palestinian] people's story" "Jesusthe virtuous patriotic Palestinian forefather brought forth his ...

Boy not killedIsrael Government Review France 2 Al-Durrah Report

IMRA - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Contrary to the report's claim that the boy is killed, the committee's review of the raw footage showed that in the final scenes, which were not broadcast by France 2, the boy is seen to be alive. [For a copy of the complete report: http://bit.ly/15YM5zS ] Publication of the Report of the Government Review Committee Regarding the France 2 Al-Durrah Report, its Consequences and ...

Cabinet Approves Establishment of Two Committees to Strengthen

IMRA - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Cabinet Approves Establishment of Two Committees to Strengthen Economic Cooperation with China (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) The Cabinet, at its weekly meeting today (Sunday, 19 May 2013), approved the establishment of two committees the goal of which is to formulate an action plan for strengthening economic ties between Israel and China, as well as increase ...

Kuwait condemned over deporting expatriates for traffic offences

The National - Sunday 19th May, 2013

newspaper cited yesterday a senior interior ministry official as saying that as many as 1,258 foreigners have been deported for traffic violations since a crackdown began about a month ago. Foreign residents caught driving without a licence, using their cars to carry paying passengers, jumping a red light for a second time, or breaking the speed limit by more than 40kph, can be deported without ...

Paul Libya like Iraq

Politico - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The guarding of U.S. diplomatic outposts like the consulate Benghazi in Libya should be treated like Baghdad with more military force, Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday. Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union," the Kentucky Republican said his focus isn't on the Benghazi talking points, but on not guarding the outpost more heavily. That decision was a "tragic error," he ...

Iran Presents Advances Applicable to Renewable Energy

Prensa Latina - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Tehran, Amy 19 (Prensa Latina) A fuel cell battery that turns hydrogen into electricity and a treatment for solid waste that were used in plasma, are two of the technological advances presented today by the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Those inventions, applicable to the exploitation of renewable energy, had been announced some days ago. Other innovations include a 100-watt battery of ...

Syrian army Hezbollah kill more than 30 in border fighting

Jerusalem Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Assad's troops and Hezbollah operatives launch joint operation to retake Syrian town of Qusair near Lebanese border; opposition activists say fighting is heaviest yet involving Shi'ite terrorist ...

Hamas confiscates rockets from Fatahs armed wing

Jerusalem Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Hamas has confiscated rockets and other types of weaponry belonging to Fatah's armed wing, Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Palestinian sources revealed Sunday.The sources told the Fatah-affiliated Palestine Press News Agency that Hamas confiscated 100 rockets and 500 "combat units" when Fatah tried to move them from one location to another in the Gaza ...

Report Egyptian army pushes to attack kidnappers

Jerusalem Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The Egyptian army is pushing president Mohamed Morsi for a green light to attack the kidnappers of seven security officers, which have been held since last Thursday, according to a report in ...

Syria in frame Netanyahu vows ‘continued’ protection of Israel against ‘leakage of weapons to Hezbollah’

RT - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Syria Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting that he will prevent the transfer of weaponry to Hezbollah, implying Syria could be struck in the process. Fatal blasts battered Damascus in early May, allegedly executed by Israel. In public remarks made at his weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu said with great emphasis that the Israeli government would "continue to ...

Pakistans Elections Turning Over a New Leaf

Middle East Online - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Pakistan's elections come at a key junction in the region's geopolitics, with the public firmly opposed to the US 'war on terror' being conducted on Pakistani soil with no regard for its sovereignty. ...

Iran Announces Execution of Spies

Prensa Latina - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Tehran, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Iran announced the execution by hanging of two prisoners fund guilty of spying, one for Israeli secret services and the other for the US Central Intelligence Agency. The two men were sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, said the official Press TV network. The Israeli Mossad agent, identified as Mohammad Heidari, gathered classified information ...

Teva CFO I hope we can move more activities to Israel

Globes - Sunday 19th May, 2013

"We'll have to examine the new tax environment. Israel is a priority, and over the years we've moved as much activity here as possible, partly because of the tax breaks. I hope we can continue to do this," ...

Former settlement to return to Palestinian hands NGO

The Daily Star - Sunday 19th May, 2013

A Palestinian woman gestures in front of graffiti sprayed on the wall of a mosque in the West Bank village of Burka, near Ramallah. The graffiti reads in Hebrew "War." (REUTERS/Mohamad ...