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An eyewitness to Hezbollah’s 1982 founding paints a different picture of the group’s origins than

Here are some stories from the Israeli papers you probably haven’t seen in the MSM.

The Gaza bureau chief for Abu Dhabi TV, Abdel-Salam Abu Askar, was kidnapped, interrogated and

Yesterday, we wondered whether Israel had obligations to re-occupy the Palestinian areas in the event

British officials are in contact with Sheik Abu Qatada (pictured) an imprisoned cleric linked to

In The Guardian‘s update on Qassam shellings, reporter Mark Tran inexplicably writes: The rocket attacks,

Efraim Karsh slams Palestinian academic Professor Sari Nusseibeh (pictured). Reviewing Nusseibeh’s latest book in the

When yesterday’s Haaretz reported that the Palestinian Authority received $900 million in foreign aid despite

An analysis in today’s Haaretz indicates that Palestinians would like Israel to re-occupy Gaza and

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns yesterday’s fighting that left journalists trapped in a Gaza

According to the BBC petition, birthday cards can be addressed to the World Affairs Unit,

In an era of parachute journalism and Palestinian stringers, the Western media doesn’t usually demonstrate

Despite the boycott, donations to the PA tripled in 2006. Haaretz writes: Donations to the

See Sderot Media for an eight-second video of a Qassam rocket strike. Shlomo Wollins, editor

According to AFP, world-wide events are planned to mark Alan Johnston’s 45th birthday tomorrow. World-wide,

YNet News describes how Gaza’s civil war crossed another red line: Gunbattles raged in Gaza

A heavy barrage of Qassam rockets hit Sderot this evening. According to Jerusalem Post, at

A recently discovered document shows that Saddam Hussein authorized monthly payments of €50,000 to Al-Jazeera