The British monarch is not the Crown, the office of monarch is the head of state and exists in the fiction. … More
Category: Middle East
Law Promoting New EXXON Gas Pipeline
In a bitterly divided Congress, lawmakers still managed to come together to help Exxon Mobil pass major legislation that could … More
The Eridu Genesis
The Eridu Genesis is written on a Sumerian cuneiform tablet of which about two thirds are now lost. The missing … More
“The Steal of the Century” – Trump’s anti-peace plan
Trump has unveiled his vision for Middle East peace in a White House launch that gifted Israel a wishlist of its … More
CIA Used Prisoner As A Torture ‘Training Prop’
A man accused of helping finance the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was subjected to “excessive” abuse at the hands … More
‘Like A Prisoner Being Let Free’
The White House has invited Israeli leaders to visit next week to discuss the administration’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan. … More
“Imminent” Attack is NOW Deterrence?
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Attorney General William Barr said Monday that killing Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was part of a … More
Trump is wrong about the Islamic State
President Donald Trump has made several incorrect or misleading statements about the five-year battle against the Islamic State group as … More
Hamas
Hamas [Islamic Resistance Movement]) is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist militant organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam … More
Fatah
Fatah, formerly the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, is a Palestinian nationalist social democratic political party and the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the second-largest … More
Sura
Sura was a city in the southern part of the area called by ancient Jewish sources Babylonia, located east of the Euphrates River. … More
Pumbedita – “The Mouth of the River”
Pumbedita (sometimes Pumbeditha, Pumpedita, or Pumbedisa), literally meaning in Aramaic: “The Mouth of the River,” was the name of a city from the area called … More
The Samaritan Pentateuch
The Samaritan Pentateuch, also known as the Samaritan Torah (torah shomronit), is a text of the first five books of the Hebrew … More
Why the Hatred Between the Jews and Samaritans?
I have been perplexed by the rift between the Samaritans and the Jews and their hatred mentioned in the New … More
Senate Passes Armenia Genocide Measure
The Senate passed a resolution Thursday formally recognizing the mass killings of more than 1 million Armenians in Turkey that … More
Mohammad Assaf
Mohammad Assaf (born 1 September 1989) is a Palestinian pop singer well known for being the winner of the second season of Arab Idol, … More
Rawabi (“The Hills”) – the beginning of a Palestine
Rawabi (“The Hills”) is the first planned city built for and by Palestinians in the West Bank, and is hailed as a “flagship Palestinian enterprise.” Rawabi … More
Jerusalem was renamed “Aelia Capitolina”
Aelia Capitolina was a Roman colony, built under the emperor Hadrian on the site of Jerusalem, which was in ruins following the siege of 70 … More
Tikrit
Tikrit sometimes transliterated as Takrit or Tekrit, is a city in Iraq, located 140 kilometres (87 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 220 kilometres (140 mi) southeast of Mosul on the Tigris … More
First Crusade (1095–1099)
The First Crusade (1095–1099) was the first of a number of crusades that attempted to recapture the Holy Land, called for by Pope Urban II at the Council … More
