Opinion

Whenever the topic of the Palestinian Authority arises, few people talk about the institution itself, or the PLO or its President. The main topic for discussion is Salam Fayyad...

By Bilal Al-HassanPalestine-Israel negotiations have failed miserably over the past seventeen years and the Palestinian Authority itself describes those talks as absurd. Despite this, for the first time in...

By Ahmad ObaidatHas the Palestinian cause been turned into a project to protect the Palestinian Authority, no matter what the cost? I only ask because it is hard to...

According to its own website, Freedom House is "an independent watchdog organisation that supports the expansion of freedom around the world". It "supports democratic change, monitors freedom, and advocates...

By Dr. Buthayna Shaaban Following Israel's assassination of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in Dubai, it was suggested that the intelligence agencies of fifteen or so Western countries had cooperated with Israel by...

By Dr Ahmed Yusuf Ahmed On 22nd April, US Special Envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, arrived in the region for a new round of fruitless shuttling back...

By Fahmi HuwaidiIt should not be assumed that the US convened "Entrepreneurship in the Islamic world" conference in Washington this week is as innocent as its name suggests. There...

A special commemorative programme was held last Saturday on the sixth anniversary of the martyrdom of Dr. Abdel Aziz Al-Rantissi. The day-long event – the Festival of those Faithful...

By Professor Muhammad Amaraand Dr. Abdul Rahman Mari The Palestinian issue is at the centre of the conflict between Israel and the Arab world. Starting with the early Zionists'...

When he began his first period in office in 1996, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received advice from a group of scholars and experts. Under the chairmanship of Richard...

Israeli authorities are planning to launch a campaign of expulsion against thousands of Palestinians living in the West Bank. This ethnic cleansing will be carried out mainly under the...

The steel wall being built by Egypt along the border with Gaza is "almost finished". An Egyptian security source said that only three kilometres remain to be completed, representing...

Dr. Abdel Sattar Qassem The apparent impasse over Israeli settlements – is their construction going to be halted or not? – makes Palestinians wonder what the Jewish state and...

By Dr. Ahmed YousefA lot of attention was given in the media to the recent statement by the Quartet which condemned Israel's illegal settlement activities. Not so much time...

By Fahmi Huwaidi This has been a week of shocks in the Middle east "peace process". In fact, it's been a week of scandals which should leave Arabs shamefaced....

Al-Jazeera Center for Research The Obama administration has made the re-launch of the stalled 'peace process' between the Palestinians and the Israelis a top priority in the region with...

American and British newspapers have addressed the recent dispute between the US and Israel from a variety of angles ranging from commentaries on the failure of US policy and...

By Awni Farsakh The Arab Committee charged by the Arab League to follow-up on peace proposals has given Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas the cover to hold "proximity" talks...

By Dr. Clovis MaksoudThe meeting of the Arab Peace Initiative Committee last week was characterized by more than usual precision in its terminology, describing what is going on between...

The security service in Gaza has been restored and is now ready for a development phase. This was the message given by Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian...

Gordon Brown's proposals to change the law in Britain to make it harder for private citizens to apply for arrest warrants against suspected war criminals has been condemned by...

By Abd al-Rahim Rihan At a recent conference for Arab archaeologists, held at the Smart Village in Egypt, Dr Faraj Allah Yusuf shocked the audience when he announced that...

By Asa'ad Telhami Israel is continuing with its diplomatic efforts to remove the Goldstone Report from the agenda of the UN General Assembly. The report gives details of the...

The Israeli occupation forces have been accused by a Palestinian Researcher of carrying out "thousands of experiments on Palestinian prisoners every year" which have lead to an increase in...

By Zuhair Andrew A survey conducted by the Israeli Knesset channel shows that 75 percent of Israeli Jews are in favour of deporting Israeli-Arab citizens to a future Palestinian...

Another Turkish relief organization has opened a centre in Gaza as part of the effort to relieve the suffering of the poor and needy in the besieged territory. Palestinians...

The Israeli parliament (the Knesset) has passed a law to restore to its original owners confiscated land which is not being used for the purpose for which it was...

In an attempt to justify her country's determination to tighten international sanctions against Iran, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has constructed a scenario wild enough to make reasonable...

By Mohammed Watad The drive to empty the state of Israel of its non-Jewish population began in the run-up to the declaration of independence in May 1948. The Palestinians...

Dr. Ahmed Bahr, the Palestinian Legislative Council's Deputy Chairman has stressed that the criminal occupation which contributed to the flooding of the Mughraqa area will not go unnoticed adding...

The Qatari writer and academic, Dr. Muhammad Al-Masfar, has expressed his hope that Arab and international efforts which seek to heal the rift in Hamas' relations with the international...

How do we stop the creeping growth of Israeli settlements? How do we put the freeze on settlements in their various manifestations at the top of the agenda for...