One Palestinian boy touches the heart: Again, note what a fuss is being made about the case of the killing of Mohammed al-Dura. Our heart is impervious to the fate of other children who have been killed. Just little Mohammed continues to haunt us.

A former US military chief in Iraq has condemned the current strategy in the conflict, which he warned was "a nightmare with no end in sight". Retired Lt Gen Ricardo Sanchez also labelled US political leaders as "incompetent" and "corrupted". He said they would have faced courts martial for dereliction of duty had they been in the military. The best the US could manage under the current approach in Iraq was to "stave off defeat", Gen Sanchez warned.

The UK Ruiyate Hilal Committee has announced that Eid will be on Saturday insha Allah. Saudi Arabia has announced Eid on Friday. An announcement is still awaited from the Islamic Cultural Centre, London (as at 7pm, Thursday). Sir Iqbal Sacranie hosted a panel discussion on the eid announcement and crescent sighting at 4.30 pm on Wednesday10th October. Panelists included Sheikh Sulaiman Gani, Shaikh Ghulam Rabbani, Sheikh Haytham and Dr Usama Hasan. The aim was to seek much-needed consensus and unity on the announcement of Eid.

US has devised a new scheme to exploit national wealth of countries through declaring them as incompetent to 'protect' vital resources.

This transparent pattern of aggression is well underway in West Africa's oil-rich Gulf of Guinea where the Americans demand onshore basing rights for a naval presence that would 'protect' the region against Nigeria-who shares the possession of waters of the Gulf-in its tentative effort to organize African resistance to the US intrusion.

A 60-year-old Palestinian will begin a case against the UK government in the High Court later when he will say that sales of arms to Israel are illegal. Saleh Hassan, who lives on the West Bank, says his land was confiscated by Israel to make way for its barrier. He claims Israel uses military equipment bought in Britain to repress Palestinians which, he says, violates their human rights.

An impassioned debate over the tight alliance between America and Israel is roiling political circles, sparked by a new book that accuses a powerful "Israel lobby" of distorting American policy and endangering our national security. Building on an article they published last year, John J. Mearsheimer at the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard argue in "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy" that Israel exerts far more influence than it should on American politics.

The glorious month of Ramadan has come to an end and the celebration of Eid ul Fitr has arrived. May Allah bless you all and answer our prayers for the coming year. The month has seen a superhuman effort from MPACUK to ensure that the Israeli Blood dates and the Muslim shop keepers who sell them are exposed to their public; we have raised the bar when it comes to lobbying against the increase in terror legislation from 28 days to 56 days and we readied our election teams in preparation of an election being called.

Lauren Booth, a well known British journalist, accepted ITV's invitation to appear on the 6th series of I'm a celebrity Get Me Out of Here! last year, and nominated Interpal as the charity of her choice to receive her share of the proceeds of viewer phone votes. Lauren and 11 other celebrities entered the Australian bush on November 13, 2006, and endured 15 days of discomfort and lack of food. However, it was all worth it when she presented a cheque of over £18,000 to Interpal's Vice-Chairman Dr. Essam Mustafa to benefit poor and needy Palestinians.