BBC News
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VIDEO: A history of calling Obama a Muslim September 18, 2015
After Donald Trump fails to correct one of his supporters calling Barack Obama a Muslim, we look back on the history of this phenomenon.
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VIDEO: Stars of the Frankfurt Motor Show September 18, 2015
As the Frankfurt Motor Show draws to a close, Theo Leggett looks at what you could be driving away after that big lottery win.
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VIDEO: Pianist of Yarmouk's journey to Europe September 18, 2015
Ayham al-Ahmad, the pianist of Yarmouk, records his journey, as he leaves Syria for Europe.
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VIDEO: Pressure on Zagreb reception centres September 18, 2015
The BBC's Christian reports from one of the registration centres in and around the Croatia capital Zagreb.
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VIDEO: Trump laughs off Obama 'Muslim' question September 18, 2015
Donald Trump is criticised for failing to correct a supporter who said US President Barack Obama was a Muslim and "not even an American".
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VIDEO: Turkey-PKK conflict 'escalating fast' September 18, 2015
The number of policemen and soldiers who have been killed in Turkey since a ceasefire with Kurdish militant group the PKK broke down in July, has risen to more than 120.
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VIDEO: German town 'running out of room' for migrants September 18, 2015
The BBC's Jenny Hill reports from the town of Rosenheim in Germany, where giant tents are being constructed to accommodate asylum seekers.
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VIDEO: Waxworks unveiled of F1 stars Vettel and Hamilton September 18, 2015
As Singapore's Formula 1 Grand Prix gets into gear, the BBC's Rico Hizon meets two of the top challengers, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel - in waxwork form.
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VIDEO: Motor racing hopeful, but no driving licence September 17, 2015
Kenyan Tejas Hirani has won 48 motor-racing championships despite being just 17 and not yet having a driving licence.
Palestinian Authority
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– MECCA DECLARATION
In the evening of 02/08/2007 Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Maazen), the Palestinian Chairman and the head of Fatah, and Khaled Meshaal , the head of Hamas, signed in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, a Unity agreement in the Palestinian Authority - the “ Mecca Declaration ”. Continue reading
– TWO PALESTINES
Yesterday, 06/14/2007, Hamas completed the takeover of Gaza Strip and the headquarters of the Presidential Guard loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas. On the paper the number of armed Fatah loyalists was much higher than the 10,000 Hamas operational force. Continue reading
– U.S SECURITY PLAN FOR PALESTINIANS
After a few dozens security plans, in the last three years and all depending on the good will of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad, USA has issued another new plan for ISRAEL and the Palestinians for improving security and easing restriction on movement in the Palestinian territories. Continue reading
– THE GOOD GUYS
On last Sunday, 06/17/2007, Amjad Ajuri was shot dead on a hospital table. He was not shot by the ”bad guys” of Hamas but by the “good guys” of Fatah Continue reading
– HAMAS-FATAH RELATIONS
Hamas, founded in 1987 as a typical Islamic organization Fatah was founded in Cairo in 1958 as a typical National Liberation movement, Continue reading
– MUNIR HUSSEIN AL-MAQDAH
Munir Maqdah was born in 1960 in the Palestinian refugee camp Ain al-Hilweh in South Lebanon, near Sidon. Continue reading
– MAHMOUD ABBAS – ABU MAZEN
Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, was born in Zafed on 03/15/1935. Zafed is a town in the Galilee and Abbas Family fled in 1948 to Syria. Continue reading
– HAMAS
The name Hamas is the combination of the capital letters, in Arabic, of the words - The Islamic Resistance Movement – was founded by Sheikh Ahmad Yassin in 1987 as a Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood Continue reading
– PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
The term Palestinian as referring to the Arabs between the Jordan River to the Mediterranean is relatively new - from the beginning of the 20th century. Only after Oslo Accord of 09/13/1993 the Palestinians got for the first time in history a partial sovereignty over a very small part of the Western Bank of the Jordan - the Palestinian Authority. Continue reading
– MOHAMMED SALAMEH
Mohammed Salameh was born in Nablus, Palestine, in the West Bank, recently occupied from Jordan by Israel, on 09/01/1967. In his teens, sometime in the early 80th, Mohammed Salameh Became, gradually, very religious. Continue reading
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