Opinion

It is difficult for the observer to forecast the course of events in our region. The ongoing changes in the Arab region and the Middle East are many. The...

The Egyptian people have decided on the constitution, stability and giving the elected president the opportunity to establish a democratic system that can fulfil the goals of the revolution....

On Friday morning, only hours after a seemingly relentless storm let up, Palestinian activists snatched international headlines when they set up some 25 tents in the E1 area of...

Anyone following the Gulf media, particularly in Saudi Arabia, will notice a vicious campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic movements in general, and Imams whose influence has grown thanks...

I was born in the border city of Rafah between Egypt and Palestine. Rafah has a story of human suffering that people ought to know about. It was once...

Israel's practice of targeted assassinations against Palestinians, an evolution of 'focused foiling' or 'liquidations policy' by Israel, remains a contentious issue in the discourse on human rights and international...

Many believe that the right for Palestinians to participate in elections as Israeli citizens is a gift from the Israeli state; something that the "forgiving democracy" of Zionist ideology...

Following a series of meetings held under Egyptian patronage and aimed at reviving the issue of reconciliation between the two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, Cairo has issued...

Since the onset of the Arab Spring two years ago, with its public protests in the streets and squares of many Arab cities, it has become clear that there...

The outgoing Israeli government has stepped up the racism inherent in the system and is on the verge of passing distinctly apartheid laws. The law relating to so-called "admissions...

Most public opinion polls predicted a landslide victory for the right wing in Israel's recent elections given its secular and religious divisions. However, 48 hours before the start of...

SYRIAN President Bashar Al Assad has a penchant for blaming outside conspirators for the troubles in Syria. While plausible, he is mistaken in linking public demands for political reform...

Is the opposition in Egypt really interested in reaching a national consensus or not? This is the obvious question following recent statements from some opposition leaders signalling their refusal...

The cases of harassment that occurred in Cairo during last year's Eid al-Adha celebrations spiked the gallantry and honour of Dr Mohamed ElBaradei. They pushed him to send a...

The desperate opposition groups in Egypt are dragging the country into a new crisis even before it has emerged from the previous one, which appears to be endless. It's...

Two American officials have claimed that the main target of the Israeli raid on Syria last Wednesday was a military convoy travelling towards Lebanon, but it hit a scientific...

Egypt is an experimental democracy in progress, but when the evolution of this process turns bloody it begs the question: is it worth it? An Egyptian tourist guide who...

Egypt is facing a counter-revolution that is against all that came out of the elections which were, we were told, free and fair. The demonstrations are being used by...

It appears that the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2006, has come out of the latest Israeli offensive in a greatly enhanced regional...

There is a swefeping tendency of conviction that the Palestinian division is a disaster for the Palestinian cause, struggle, and people. Some consider that reconciliation itself, regardless of its...

WESTERN media is obsessed with presenting a positive spin on everything related to Israel, while trivialising good and accentuating negative news on Palestine. It's admirably free in many aspects,...

The popular dissemination that UNRWA provides 'assistance and protection' to Palestinian refugees helping them 'to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight'...

Last summer, on an exceptionally sunny London day, I was walking to my office and suddenly I was jolted from my thoughts by a voice calling my name. I...

Israel has been sending messages confirming its intentions to undermine the merit of Palestinian elections and derail their national reconciliation efforts. The most prominent of these messages have been...

The Invention of the Jewish People was a book written by Shlomo Sand, an Israeli professor of history at the University of Tel Aviv. The author wasn't probing a...

There is, today, nothing louder than the voices of sabotage, destruction, and incitement in the Egyptian media. There has been a determined attempt to aggravate the relationship between the...

The Middle East is in a state of constant tension, spreading from country to country. The cause is often Israel and its policies, including the main focus of the...

While wearing his prison clothes and awaiting his execution in 1987, the man now charged with forming a new government in Tunisia could never have dreamt that his political...

Samer Al-Issawi has been on hunger strike for almost 220 days, and he is still determined to continue, making his protest the longest in history. As much as he...

Since the last war on Gaza, the media has abounded with forecasts and the predicted signals of a third Intifada in Palestine, particularly in the West Bank. These expectations...

The Israeli military has warned about the outbreak of a "third intifada" in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. I have also warned of this before now, as there...

"Ashaab yureed isqat annidham." This phrase is ringing in the ears of tyrants and despots around the Arab world and means quite simply that the people want to bring...