Palestinian Islamic Jihad

2 Americas, a world apart

For each party, the struggle is on to convince voters its view of the U.S. matches their reality By Jim Tankersley and Christi Parsons | Tribune correspondents ST. PAUL—The America here has no suffering middle class to...

Hemmed in on all sides, Gazans find escape, moderation in cultural forces

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - In a dingy storefront on a noisy block in the middle of Gaza City, metal shelves bulge with dusty audiotapes extolling Hamas, Fatah and Islamic Jihad. Alongside them, a pouty Jennifer Lopez beckons...

Teachers, doctors strike in Gaza

Published: Sept. 7, 2008 at 1:46 AM GAZA, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Teachers and doctors affiliated with Islamic Jihad have been on strike in Gaza, claiming Hamas has brought politics into schools and hospitals. Hamas security...

Prosecutors: German terror cell targeted Americans

Terrorist attacks plotted by a German cell of an al-Qaida linked group were intended to kill as many Americans as possible, and members had looked into bombing restaurants, pubs, discos and airports, federal prosecutors...

Jihadis Dispute Role of Iraq_s Female Suicide Bombers

By Abdul Hameed Bakier Lately, jihadi forum participants have been inquiring about the women’s suicide battalion in Iraq and the religious jurisprudence regarding female jihad. Sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment in...

Syria makes peace proposal to Israel

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's leader made a move Thursday to shake off Syria's pariah image, saying Damascus has put forth a proposal for peace with Israel. But Bashar Assad also said he would not break off ties with...

Abbas hopes dialogue in Cairo would succeed

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday expressed hope that the inter-Palestinian dialogue Egypt is mediating among the Palestinians would achieve success. Abbas told reporters in Ramallah that "Egypt is carrying...

Terrorism suspect freed after 5 years

The ex-Fla. professor was once accused of being a Palestinian terrorist ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Florida professor once accused of being a leading Palestinian terrorist has been released for the first time in more than...

Daily Star Political News: UNIFIL details role in effort to get Israelis out of Ghajar

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Tuesday that it had offered to Israel and Lebanon concrete proposals on how to facilitate an Israeli withdrawal from the northern part pf Ghajar village. Israel...

2 Israelis charged with terror plan

Published: Sept. 3, 2008 at 1:58 AM JERUSALEM, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Two Israeli cousins, both university students, were formally charged Tuesday with allegedly setting up an Islamic Jihad cell to carry out assassinations....

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