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While symbolic, the vote in the British House of Commons today in favor of recognizing the Palestinian State has great political significance. It has boosted the morale of the Palestinians while bringing grief to the Zionist occupiers of Palestine.

About 30 envoys from different countries plus UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon were in Cairo to mobilize resources for Gaza's reconstruction. Although $5.4 billion were pledged, will this materialize and if so, what conditions would be imposed on the Palestinians?

Malala Yousafzai's Nobel peace prize award, together with Kailash Satyarthi for 2014 has evoked mixed reaction in her native Pakistan. She is currently studying in England and is unlikely to return to Pakistan any time soon. Two other girls wounded with her when the Taliban attacked their van, have received scant attention leading to speculation that she is being used to promote the west's agenda.

An American rabbi's call for extermination of Muslims has evoked little condemnation from officials and media outlets in the US, including many otherwise respectable members of the Jewish community. Islamophobia has not only gone mainstream, it has become respectable and is in fact vigorously being promoted by the mainstream media in America.

The Turkish-proposed “buffer zone” on the Syrian side of the border is being seriously considered in Washington, London and Paris. This would inevitably lead to clashes with Syrian forces and therefore an attack on the government of President Bashar al-Asad. The US and its allies plan remains regime change in Syria.

Boycott of Israeli goods and services is expanding as was evident from the refusal of longshoremen in Oakland, California. They refused to unload an Israeli cargo ship forcing it to turn and head towards Los Angeles.

America's latest bogey: the Khorasan Brigade emerges just in time to launch crusade against another Muslim country. Scaring Americans into surrendering their rights is a time tested policy. It never fails but it also reveals the criminal nature of American elite.

Academics, activists, journalists and writers gathered in Tehran for a conference to discuss Israel’s war on Gaza, Islam’s relations with the West as well as the rise of ISIS and those behind the latest terrorist group. Eric Walberg was there.

Speaking at the John F Kennedy Jr Forum at Harvard University's Institute of Politics on October 2, US President Joe Biden candidly admitted that US allies Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the UAE funded and armed al-Nusra and al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria. Below is the verbatim audio recording of his remarks, courtesy the mideastshuffle.com

Every year the Rahbar, Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei, as leader of the Islamic Ummah, delivers his message to those assembled in Arafat for Hajj. In following the Sunnah of the noble Messenger (pbuh), his message also touches on the burning issues facing the Ummah. Here is the full text of this year's message.