by Kifah Ziboun | Jun 5, 2017 | Middle East
Ramallah – Fatah central committee official Jibril Rajoub’s recent remarks that Jerusalem’s Buraq Wall “must remain under Jewish sovereignty” sparked a wave of criticism among Palestinians. He told Israel’s Channel 2 television that he agrees that the Buraq Wall...
by Ali Ibrahim | Oct 29, 2014 | Opinion
It is natural that Egyptians feel shock and anger about last Friday’s terrorist attack in Sinai, which killed 30 soldiers. It is also natural for there to be widespread calls across the country for a decisive response to this crime, and for the liquidation of...
by Kifah Ziboun | Sep 18, 2013 | Middle East
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Controversy continues to surround statements by senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahar that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) intend to form a joint command, with some movement officials confirming the news, and others denying it. In...
by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Feb 3, 2013 | Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sheikh Abdul Rahim Abdul Ghaffar, former leader of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, claims that the downfall of President Mohamed Mursi’s regime would plunge the country into chaos. Abdul Ghaffar’s mother is the cousin of former Egyptian president...
