HSBC Bank of Israel could cut interest rate again next week

Globes - Sunday 19th May, 2013

HSBC analyst Jonathan Katz told "Bloomberg" that the Bank of Israel wants to drive home the message that they are determined not to let the shekel appreciate ...

Lavrov Discussed Iranian Role in Syria Peace Talks

RIA Novosti - Sunday 19th May, 2013

MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov revealed on Sunday that he had discussed Iran's possible involvement in a conference to resolve the war in Syria, when he met his US counterpart John Kerry early in May.The Russians and Americans agreed during Kerry's visit to Moscow to set up a conference of international players to end the war in Syria. ...

Syria accused of ‘disappearing’ thousands

Japan Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, ...

Egypt police close Israel border crossing to protest kidnapping of 7 colleagues in Sinai

Canada.com - Sunday 19th May, 2013

CAIRO - Scores of Egyptian police have blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel to protest the abduction of their colleagues in the volatile Sinai peninsula. The closure Sunday left around 40 trucks stranded at Awja crossing, according to Ahmed Osman, a civil servant there. Suspected militants abducted seven Egyptian policemen on Thursday. Security officials said the kidnappers are ...

UN report said more than 80 percent of Palestinian children suffered from povert…

Turkish Press - Sunday 19th May, 2013

UN report said more than 80 percent of Palestinian children suffered from poverty in East Jerusalem GENEVA - United Nations (UN) criticized Israel`s segregation policies over East Jerusalem and said that more than 80 percent of Palestinian children in the region suffered from poverty.UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its report titled "Palestinian Economy in East ...

Syrian Revolution General Commission stated mobile phone and internet were all down across Syria…

Turkish Press - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Syrian Revolution General Commission stated mobile phone and internet were all down across Syria DAMASCUS - Syrian Revolution General Commission (SRGC) stated that mobile phone and internet were all disconnected across Syria since Tuesday.SRGC, a Syrian coalition of 40 Syrian opposition groups, indicated on Wednesday that there had not been an internet and cell phone connection in any of the ...

Egypts new Justice Minister Suleiman said he would take Turkish judical system as model…

Turkish Press - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Egypt's new Justice Minister Suleiman said he would take Turkish judical system as model CAIRO - Egypt's newly appointed Minister of Justice Ahmed Suleiman has said, "I will work for our citizens to ease their proceedings at the courts by taking Turkey as a model."Ahead taking his new office, Suleiman spoke to Anadolu Agency and said that before he was appointed as a ...

Assad forces enter centre of Qusayr with troops raising Syrian flag over recaptured municipality building.

Middle East Online - Sunday 19th May, 2013

DAMASCUS - Syrian troops backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah on Sunday entered Qusayr, a strategic rebel stronghold linking Damascus to the coast, a day after President Bashar al-Assad insisted he would not ...

Assad Hezbollah forces launch their promised assault on Qusayr

Middle East Online - Sunday 19th May, 2013

BEIRUT - Syrian troops backed by fighters from Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launched an assault on the rebel-held central town of Qusayr on Sunday, after months of fierce fighting in the area, a watchdog ...

UAE top MidEast performer for tourism receipts in 2012

WAM - Sunday 19th May, 2013

WAM ABU DHABI, 19th May, 2013 (WAM) -- The UAE has topped the Middle East region for international tourism receipts in 2012, according to data released by the UN's World Tourism Organisation. The UAE was ranked 31st in global list with receipts of about $10bn, just ahead of Saudi Arabia which was placed 35th, with revenues of $7.4bn. Middle East tourism receipts totalled $46.7bn last ...

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 ...