A group of young Palestinians attacked police guarding a gate to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Friday. The police used riot control techniques to turn away their attackers. There were no injures. The holy site was closed to men under 50 as part of Israeli efforts to prevent violence. Israeli officials feared a surge […]
Like the Gaza Strip, the English language is a study in contrasts. Many of the words found in its vocabulary are common and uninspiring. Some, on the other hand, resonate with energy. They are electric, they are shocking and they are powerful. “Genocide” is one such word. Genocide is nothing less than the deliberate, unequivocal slaughter, […]
US Attorney General Eric Holder expressed his concern about recent reports indicating that Syrian terrorists were joining forces with Yemeni bomb-makers, calling the threats “more frightening” than anything else he had encountered as Attorney General. His comments came in an ABC News interview that aired on Sunday. American officials learned earlier this year that a Syrian […]