The Malaysian government has defended its deportation of a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a tweet Home Minister Hishamuddin Hussein said the deportation to Saudi Arabia was legal and that Malaysia cannot be seen as a safe haven.Hamza Kashgari, 23, was sent back to Saudi Arabia on Sunday.Mr Kashgari's controversial tweet last week sparked more than 30,000 responses and several death threats.Insulting the prophet is considered blasphemous in Islam and can be punishable by death in Saudi Arabia. He has since removed the tweet and apologised for his comments.Mr Kashgari fled Saudi Arabia and was detained when he arrived...

Fatah official Facebook page glorifies terrorists

Fatah has chosen to use its official Facebook page to glorify terrorists. Fatah's page currently displays a poster with the pictures of 8 terrorists who carried out a terror attack on the Savoy Hotel in Tel Aviv in 1975, that was posted by the Fatah administrator. 8 Israeli civilians and 3 soldiers were killed in the attack. Text on poster: "The Tel Aviv operation, March 6, 1975 The Palestinian passage to the homeland" The text under each terrorist's picture reads: "The heroic Shahid (Martyr)" followed by the terrorist's name.[http://on.fb.me/x9WUbuAccessed Feb. 6, 2012] The opening of Fatah's official Facebook page was reported in the...

Israel embassies in India and Georgia targeted by bombs

Two bombs targeted Israeli embassies in Georgia and India today, a day after the anniversary of the 2008 assassination of Hezbollah mastermind Imad Mugniyeh, Reuters reported. Reports of an additional attack in Amsterdam were reported in Haaretz but are otherwise unconfirmed."There was one attempted attack, and one successful, as it were," Paul Hirschson, a spokesman for Israel's foreign ministry, told Reuters. "In both cases, the people concerned worked with the Israeli embassies." In India, the wife of an Israeli diplomat was "moderately" wounded, according to Haaretz.No one claimed responsibility for the bombs, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately blamed Iran, the Washington Post reported."Iran, which is behind these...