As we sat for dinner after the conference, Jamal pointed out to me some of the negative tweets that were posted by his Saudi critics. He, like many compatriots, had been criticial of some Saudi politics – though he loved the people of the region unreservedly

Desperate people do desperate things. They often discredit themselves and undermine their causes. Jeremy Corbyn’s critics fell into this trap when they attempted to smear him by publishing a...

In a rare act of political intervention, former US First Lady Laura Bush rebuked the Trump administration for its “zero-tolerance” policy toward illegal migrants. Writing in The Washington Post...

After all the hype the Singapore summit turned out to be damp squib. Apart from the spectacular photo opportunities, the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un produced no...

Israelis believe they have never had it this good. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regularly brags about it. He claims that apart from a few non-conformists, most Arab countries have...

Shortly after the missile attack on Syria, US Commander-in-Chief Donald Trump bragged in his usual pompous way that it was “mission accomplished”. In Britain, there was no such display...

Not for the first time, the free world has stood up for truth and justice in Palestine. The General Assembly’s vote against President Trump’s decision on Jerusalem was a...

With the Kurdish referendum to separate from Iraq done and dusted, Israel’s ambitions in that country are all but complete. For many years, Israeli strategists and politicians alike have...

The Twittersphere went into overdrive immediately after the cancellation of the controversial African-Israeli summit. “When you are on an Apartheid selling roadshow Africans don’t buy it,” tweeted the South...

Do you remember that sense of excitement on your first day back at school? The delight of being promoted to a new class, the joy of meeting friends old...

After the humiliating setback at Al-Aqsa Mosque, it was inevitable that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would retaliate. His move has come sooner than expected with the detention of...

In August 2013, Egyptian forces killed more than a 1000 protesters during a sit-in at Cairo’s Rabaa square

Media leaks from within the White House are nothing new; all US administrations have had to deal with them. In the case of the Trump presidency, however, the shadowy...

Palestinian resistance against Israel’s brutal occupation is littered with many setbacks. The latest confrontation over Al Aqsa Mosque was, however, a rare example of success. Israel’s fifty-year efforts to...

Unrest engulfs Al-Aqsa Mosque after Israel closed it for prayer

Throughout the ten year Israeli-led blockade of the Gaza Strip only one Arab head of state has visited the territory. In October 2012, the then Emir of Qatar, Shaikh...

One hundred years of oppression have not diminished or erased the Palestinian hope for freedom. Throughout this year, 2017, they are marking the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration,...

It is perfectly normal for Palestinians to have political differences with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), but it is wholly unacceptable for any Palestinian, official or otherwise, to call...

By one single act of pure evil Bashar Al-Assad has rescued the Trump presidency. Since his inauguration in January 2017, Donald Trump has struggled to get his administration up and...

Israel’s decision to cut its annual contribution to the United Nations is mean-spirited and infantile. After committing itself to pay $11.7 million to the international organisation in 2017, the...

It is now one week since the Israeli authorities arrested Omar Barghouti, a co-founder of the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) movement in Palestine. His arrest follows years of...

Multilateral institutions can either be tiresome talking shops or dynamic vehicles of change. The United Nations is a prime example. Although its purpose is undeniably laudable, its record of...

The Palestinians Abroad Conference in Istanbul has presented nothing less than a challenge to the national authority installed and supported by Israel’s allies in Ramallah. Despite the best efforts...

Since his inauguration on 20 January, Donald Trump’s presidency has been rocked by one controversy after another. Reports that Russia hacked into the offices of his Democratic rival, Hillary...

When Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu jumped into the US-Mexican brawl on 28th January he clearly did not expect the fierce response he got from Mexico. Like his soul...

“Tomorrow will look different — and tomorrow is very close.”So said Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahuin response to the just-concluded Paris conference on Middle East peace, which he denounced...

If UN Security Council Resolution 2334 regarding Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is to be worth the paper it’s written on, certain tangible steps must be...

Anniversaries are usually times for both celebration and soul-searching. The 29th anniversary of the launch of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is no exception. Despite many setbacks, including the...

After three years of open hostility, Egypt appears to be resetting its policy towards the Gaza Strip. Whereas in the recent past the Cairo administration has only opened the...

Though depicted by Israel and its allies as “controversial” and “inflammable”, the UNESCO votes were by no means historical oddities

After a visit to Hebron in 1996, the late Palestinian scholar Edward Said wrote, “The present situation cannot last, there are too many inequities and injustices at the heart...

It seems as if Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has fallen out of favour with his Western backers; that he has become a liability rather than an “asset”, as...