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The leaked documents known now as the "Palestine Papers" have been picked over and analysed extensively by Al Jazeera and the Guardian; at least, most of them have. The...

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been allied with liberalist groups and the influential Fethullah Gülen movement since its rise to...

It goes without saying that almost every news network claims to report truthfully and objectively. The BBC, for example, portrays itself to be " independent, impartial and honest." This...

The Russian Foreign Ministry said at the beginning of July that it will take a "balanced" position on the isolation of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi. This has also...

During its early renaissance stages, modern Turkey was subjected to violent shocks, some of which were neither justifiable nor understandable. However, the Turks' only option was to deal with...

On the heels of the British parliament's refusal to sanction a military attack on Syria, US President Barack Obama drove the issue of a possible intervention to a dead-end...

For the last two weeks Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine has been the stronghold of anti-government protests; thousands have gathered in temperatures as low as minus fifteen to express...

By Ahmed AomrabiIn a high-level international gathering, Turkish Prime Minister, Rajab Tayyip Erdogan, shouted in the face of Israeli President Shimon Peres saying: "You know how to kill people"....

Dr Abdel Sattar QassemProfessor of Political studies, Al Najah National University Europe's recent announcement that Jerusalem is the capital of two states to be achieved through negotiations between Palestinian...

By Yvonne Ridley I have never met Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit but he thinks that I am a very bad European; that's me and 1400 other peace...

By Mehmet Nedim Aslan There is a common belief in the Muslim world that US foreign policy is biased towards Israel thanks to the Israel-Jewish lobby. Ever since the...

By Omar Radwan On Wednesday 28th July, a unique event will take place at the House of Commons.  Three Arab members of the Israeli Knesset, Jamal Zahalka, Haneen al-Zoabi,...

By Omar Radwan Last week Israel agreed unexpectedly to cooperate with a UN investigation into its raid on the Freedom Flotilla in May. This is the first time in...

Is there any difference between the political events in America in the early 19th century; what took place in Turkey a decade ago; and what is occurring in Egypt...

The problem of judges in Egypt is not new. In the sixties legal counsellor Momtaz Nassar called for an end to the government's meddling in the judicial system; this...

A quarter-century ago I barnstormed around the United States encouraging Americans, particularly students, to press for divestment from South Africa. Today, regrettably, the time has come for similar action...

South Africa has announced that it will label products made in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as "made in occupied Palestine" rather than "made in Israel". It...

We have just passed the second anniversary of 'Operation Cast Lead', in which for many it seemed that the holiday period was used as a convenient cover for launching...

Balance and openness to new prospects of cooperation are the most prominent characteristics of Egypt's post-revolution foreign policy and President Mohammad Morsi's first term in office. Morsi has been...

When I was at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC (1999-2000), I introduced myself to people as "a politician and academic."  My attention was drawn politely to the...

By Has South Africa joined the United States of America and European countries in providing Israel with "geopolitical insulation"? This question arises against the backdrop of an intense week...

By Archbishop Desmond TutuThe University of Johannesburg's Senate will next week meet to decide whether to end its relationship with an Israeli institution, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, on...

Address by Ronnie Kasrils to NADEL (National Association of Democratic Lawyers of South Africa): Topic "Goldstone Report & The Struggle of the Palestinian People" Cape Town 24.10.09 Justice Richard...

The political crisis over democratic secession in the mineral rich West African state of the Ivory Coast continues to cause agitation five weeks after the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, refused...

Easter was the perfect opportunity for Christians to reconsider their position on the Palestine/Israel conflict and many did. In South Africa, more than sixty church leaders and theologians showed...

Tunisia was the country that kick-started the Arab Spring. In December 2010, a desperate young man set himself on fire, and the ensuing protests led to the fall of...

"Nobody solves their problems with an army, and armies should be kept out of political problems. Try to find a method of understanding among yourselves, as if the army...

Last Wednesday, May 8th, the Jordanian Parliament voted on a resolution calling on the government to expel the Israeli ambassador from Amman and to summon the Jordanian ambassador to...

Are we witnessing the dissolution of the Egyptian revolution without realising it? To show you what I mean, let us recall what happened to the revolution led by Prime...

Since its beginning, "Peaceful" was the slogan of the Egyptian revolution and every time someone tried to complicate the issue it was the revolutionaries themselves who stepped in to...

At a time when internal problems preoccupy most Egyptians, there is an external problem that no one pays attention to; one that could leave Egyptians sleepless and put the...

The failure of the National Salvation Front was apparent since its inception. Its leaders' famous first press conference was delayed for several hours, and when they finally showed up,...