The gruesome images and horrifying accounts that keep coming from Syria defy linguistic description. They go beyond the pale of human decency. A few weeks ago, Hamza al Khatib,...

I gasped as the first bullet struck a young man standing a few paces ahead of me. Watching him crumple to the ground, I struggled for breath and fought...

Egypt’s decision to reopen the Rafah border crossing with Gaza was anticipated; nevertheless its timing had significant political import. It was not just a positive undertaking on the border,...

I have two observations on the current campaign against the result of the constitutional referendum led by loud voices among the political class; one on its form and the...

The number of Israelis thinking of leaving Palestine is climbing rapidly according to researchers, while many more, with actual millennial roots but victims of ethnic cleansing, prepare to exercise...

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has destroyed any hope for peace in the Middle East in the short term. In his speech to the US Congress on the 24th...

Will the political conflict in Syria turn into a military struggle?Following the historic flight of Tunisian President Bin Ali, Arabian Heads of State, in their last words to the...

On Tuesday, 7 June, illegal Jewish settlers under the full protection of the Israeli army set fire to yet another mosque in the occupied West Bank, the fifth in...

The Palestinian Authority is banking on its diplomatic campaign, and the promises of support it has received from many countries, in order to achieve UN recognition of a Palestinian...

Open Letter on Middle East PolicyPalestinian Unity Is a Prerequisite for Peace with Israel A new Palestinian government is expected to be formed soon as a result of the...

The Egyptian revolution launched from Tahrir Square in Cairo surprised the world not only with its victory and the efforts and patience of the youth, but also in the...

In their 63 year struggle against the occupation and colonisation of their homeland, the Palestinians have been short of friends and allies.  The main world powers have taken Israel’s...

When the 12-year-old ‘Imad saw his mother prepare some sandwiches, which they can have during the march on 15/5/2011 to the southern Lebanese borders with Palestine, he wondered in...

In recent months, there have been repeated attacks by Israeli settlers against mosques across the West Bank. They were carried out with the complicity of Israel’s occupation army and...

In a recent interview with the Washington Post, Jordan’s King Abdullah II voiced alarm and frustration over Israel’s determination to throttle every promise for a peaceful resolution of the...

The sun is shining, the beach is filling up and the squeal of car tyres and screech of car horns is pervasive. I could be in Beirut or any...

As the launch of the Freedom Flotilla – Stay Human approaches, increasing numbers of Zionist officials and commentators illuminate the depths of their moral and intellectual bankruptcy by arguing...

The Palestinian territories and the Zionist state have recently witnessed some political manouvres  represented by the visit of US envoy David Hill and the Head of Foreign Affairs for...

No one knows the precise plans of the Palestinian Authority vis-a-vis September: will Mahmoud Abbas declare a Palestinian state within recognized borders and ask that it be admitted as...

It was a humanitarian gesture of some signficance for French President Nicolas Sarkozy to send a letter to Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who is being held captive in Gaza,...

One of the obsessive demands Israel keeps invoking these days is that the Palestinians must recognize Israel as a Jewish state as a precondition for a possible peace settlement...

Thousands of words have been written about the scandalous arrest of Sheikh Raed Salah by the British government in what is being seen as an attempt to silence him...

The ongoing Israeli siege of Gaza has prompted much media focus on the flotilla and “flytilla” attempts to break the blockade over the past week or so. The Israelis...

Sheikh Raed Salah, one of the most prominent campaigners for Palestinian rights, traveled to the United Kingdom to participate in a speaking tour, including at the launch of the...

On the eve of his visit to Israel, Greek President Karolos Papoulias spoke of the “strong relationship in all aspects” between his country and the Zionist state. The fact...

After over half a decade of opposition, wrangling and controversy, the so-called ‘Museum of Tolerance’, sponsored by the US based Simon Wiesenthal Centre (SWC), last week received final authorisation...

Medical personnel in a majority of countries which have been attacked by armies using modern and chemical munitions, such as white phosphorus shells, have reported increases in the number...

Let’s presume that some of the Arab satellite TV stations exaggerated and inflated the number of martyrs who fell from the bullets of the Syrian security forces in Hama,...

Last week, on the orders of President Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian security forces raided the home of their former leader, Mohammed Dahlan.  They said that they seized a large cache...

Following the discovery of off-shore gas fields, a crisis of maritime demarcation has suddenly erupted between Lebanon and Israel. Israel is acting freely in determining its own space, while...

The chief negotiator in the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, called on PLO president Mahmoud Abbas, to dissolve the organization and throw its keys in the face of...

The latest news from the apartheid state of Israel speaks of a new bill submitted before the Knesset or Parliament, which would make Israel more Jewish and less democratic....