Gaza – 46 years ago this month, Israel seized East Jerusalem, the home of many significant holy sites for Muslims, Christians and Jews, as well as the proposed capital...

Perhaps the Jordanian regime believed it had escaped from the bottleneck and survived the reform process that has swept the Arab region acting as an inevitable fate that can...

In recent days, Israel has been embarrassed by remarks made by senior officials, which appear to contradict the commonly-pushed government stand on the conflict with the Palestinians. One official...

“Assad or we burn the country” said the Syrian dictator from the outset of the revolution. A grim promise made in 2011 that if the demonstrations didn’t stop he...

For the past 27 months Syria has witnessed blood, destruction, bravery and patience. The Syrians took to the streets, as did their brothers and sisters in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen...

The treachery and massacres committed by the Zionists against Palestinians in 1948 marked an enforced physical disappearance of indigenous Palestinians, strengthening the myth of the barren land and the...

The Arab League’s agreement to the idea of a land swap between the Palestinian Authority and Israel as part of any possible peace agreement between the two has prompted...

As was widely predicted, reformist candidate Hassan Rouhani won the first round of the Iranian presidential election, gaining more than half of the votes cast. This outcome was not...

In the eyes of many Westerners, Gaza is a dangerous and war torn place. Even activists, including myself, often imagine Gaza primarily as a place of suffering, and one...

However well intentioned, the gathering of a number of Islamic scholars and preachers at a conference in Cairo which addressed the conflict in Syria between 13-15 June ended up...

Reports that the Emir of Qatar, Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, will shortly hand-over power to his son and heir, Shaikh Tamim, are no surprise. Sources close to the...

There are many reasons why the Syrian regime is still in control after more than two years of revolution. At the forefront is its reliance on a minority to...

King Abdullah has chosen to speak about two of the most important “domestic challenges” faced by Jordan today: the future of the political reform process and democratic transformation, and...

While three Dutch charities have announced that they will no longer accept donations by G4S due to the company’s support for the Israeli occupation, the Gates Foundation has deemed...

Israeli president Shimon Peres is hosting in Jerusalem this week a presidential conference called “Facing Tomorrow”. Its theme is the “human factor and its role in shaping our tomorrow”....

Speeches by Shimon Peres and Benjamin Netanyahu at the end of the fifth presidential conference consisted of an exercise in manipulating historical legitimacy. Relegating Palestinians to a role even...

In a meeting with the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal spoke about the US position in Iraq with frankness unusual in...

The notion of Palestinian economic development while under Israeli occupation has again been promoted, notably by US Secretary of State John Kerry, as the means to advance the cause...

There is no doubt that Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is an extremely hard act to follow. In a region burdened with government inertia, many regard him as...

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in occupied Palestine on Thursday amid conflicting reports regarding the stalemate in attempts to resume negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority....

But for the chap from Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza who emerged earlier this week as the winner of the “Arab Idol,” the news from Palestine is grim....

Hezbollah’s involvement in the Syrian revolution on the side of the regime demonstrates the conflicts shift from sectarian theory to sectarian reality. It reflects a shift across the Middle...

In August the Zionist movement will celebrate its 116th anniversary. What are its achievements in the context of the demographic conflict between the Arabs and Jews in Palestine since...

A Palestinian student I do not know asked me, “Is it true that we are being expelled from Egypt?” I was shocked by her question and replied quickly that...

The Israeli Knesset recently passed the controversial Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement, also known as the Prawer Bill, which would force the relocation of over 30,000 Bedouin...

The formal Israeli-Palestinian peace process has long been characterised by a yawning gap between image and reality. For the best part of 20 years, a reality of occupation has...

Before the leaders of the Israeli army proposed the plan to the political leaders to change the structure of the army and return to the concept of a “small...

This weekend saw protesters taking to the streets of Tel Aviv again to protest against the rising cost of living, austerity and what they call the “tycoon state”. “We...

Clues which have emerged on the political horizon in recent days call for the following question: Is Egypt regaining its role in the “moderate” Arab camp? I do not...

Israel’s intentions for Jerusalem have been exposed by its policies and projects ever since the eastern half of the city was captured during the 1967 war. It has to...

If media leaks about Egypt’s generals informing the Israeli government about the coup three days before it was executed are true, then the matter is more than a coup...

The spectacle of a senior American diplomat emphasising how much she is going to work for Israel was surprising only in its openness. When Samantha Power told a Senate...