Al-Quds Al-Arabi
Al-Quds Al-Arabi (Arabic: القدس العربی), (English: "Arab Jerusalem") is an independent pan-Arab daily newspaper published in London since 1989. The paper is owned by Palestinian expatriates, and edited by Abd al-Bari Atwan who was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza Strip in 1950. Due to its strong criticism of the Arab regimes and their perceived obedience to the U.S. & Israel, the paper has been censored and sometimes temporarily banned in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. It has a circulation of around 50,000.
This newspaper was the first, or among the first[citation needed], to publish a number of communiqués threatening, and taking responsibility for, Islamist and terrorist violence. Those include the fatāwā of Osama bin Laden and several statements from the person or people who sign themselves the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades. Talking about Iran's nuclear capability on ANB Lebanese television on June 27, Abd Al-Bari Atwan, editor-in-chief of Al-Quds Al-Arabi, encountered stern criticism when he said, "If the Iranian missiles strike Israel, by Allah, I will go to Trafalgar Square and dance with delight."[1][2][3]
Marc Lynch of Foreign Policy called Al-Quds Al-Arabi "the most populist / 'rejection camp' of the major Arab papers."[4]
References
- ^ London editor prays for nuclear attack on Israel by Jonny Paul, The Jerusalem Post, August 28, 2007
- ^ The Israel Lobby and the Second Holocaust Debate by Ron Rosenbaum, Slate, September 19, 2007
- ^ London Editor Prays for Nuke Attack on Israel by Rick Moran, The American Thinker, August 29, 2007
- ^ Marc Lynch (10 February 2009). "Arabs watching the Israeli elections". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
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External links
- Al-Quds Al-Arabi website (Arabic)
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