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Israel’s Messianic Terrorists

Barely a week goes by without news of some act of violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank...

Blogging in the Arab World

“If it’s longer than three days, I want this message to reach everyone. I don’t want to be forgotten in jail,” wrote Fouad al-Farhan, a 32 year-old Saudi, to a friend in anticipation of his detention. ..

Like Madrid on Tranquilizers

It is ironic, but symbolically telling, that the latest attempt to spark serious Arab-Israeli peace negotiations is physically based at an American naval military facility in Annapolis, Maryland. Whether the political anchorage of the process is similarly reliant on America’s military engagement and strategic interests in the Middle East remains to be seen. The signs are not encouraging, though, if we are to judge the players by their actions, rather than their words. ..

The Vital Need for National Unity of Fateh and Hamas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ call on November 15, for the Hamas “gang” to be ousted from Gaza is understandable, but misguided...

A Great Stage that Should Not be Missed

There is something unconvincing, even insincere, about the tentative steps and gestures being made by the parties trying to arrange the meeting in Annapolis, Maryland next week to re-launch Palestinian-Israeli peace talks..

Is the Israel Lobby Pushing the United States?

A year and a half after they published their ground-breaking article "The Israel Lobby" in the London Review of Books, distinguished American academics John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt have now published their book entitled The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy...

Karen Hughes and Halloween

I could not help but notice that Karen Hughes announced her resignation as US public diplomacy chief last Wednesday -- on Halloween day -- here in the United States...

Last Call for a Two-State Solution?

The prevailing worldwide view of how to resolve politically the conflict of two nationalisms in Israel/Palestine is the so-called two-state solution -- that is..