A public opinion poll published on November 14 showed that 75% of Palestinians support Hamas’s murder spree, including rape and beheadings, as opposed to only 13% who disapprove. Surprisingly, the poll found that support for Hamas and its “military operation” is even higher in the West Bank, where Abbas’s Palestinian …

OverviewThe southern arena: During the past few days the IDF forces continued operations at ShifaHospital and in several other neighborhoods in Gaza City. In the northern Gaza Strip theyoperated in Beit Hanoun, Zeitoun, Beit Lahia and Jabalia, and destroyed a Palestinian IslamicJihad (PIJ) post where they found a large quantity …

Introduction Yemen’s population of around 30 million is over 99 percent Muslim, with about one-third of Yemenis belonging to the Zaidi Shia sect and two-thirds belonging to the Shafa’i school of Sunni Islam. Nevertheless, minorities of Jews, Christians, Hindus, and Baha’is have lived in Yemen for hundreds or in some …