Opinion

Although Israeli law considers racial incitement illegal, the Israeli media consistently provides a platform for extremists who commit racial incitement against groups that Israelis perceive as an "enemy," especially...

It appears that the Arab Spring's aftershock/counter-revolution, culminated with the military coup in Egypt, has given a strong push for the peace process with Israel; encouraging the Israeli-American party...

The "new Iraq" government and its media are beating the drums of comprehensive sectarian strife. The Iraqi people, drowning in a flood of poverty, poor education and health provision,...

As people across the world welcome in the New Year, they will also reflect on the year just past. For Palestine and Israel, 2013 was a year that saw...

During his tenure as Secretary of State, John Kerry has placed an emphasis on the Israel-Palestine peace process – or, more accurately, on restarting the peace process, which has...

Israeli statistics indicate that during the past year, there has been a rising number of Jews emigrating from the Palestinian territories occupied since 1948, while the process of bringing...

The narrative of the Syrian revolution has been transformed from a story of peaceful protests demanding democracy to a civil war involving all members of Syrian society. In fact,...

Some sources have mentioned US Secretary of State John Kerry's new approach to his peace-making task, noting that Jordan plays a vital role in solving the "complications" of the...

Every other day, it seems, figures from the group who believe that "life is negotiations" mourn the current negotiation process; they sometimes get upset and resign; at other times...

Since the election of Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani last year, there has been a significant thaw in relations with the country's old adversary, the US. This diplomatic shift...

I must begin by explaining the meaning of barter in the context of this article, as it is drastically different than the concept of bartering a good for a...

"Do you want to move to the Palestinian state?" "No, I want to stay in my city, Umm Al-Fahm." "So, you like living in the state of Israel?" "No,...

Europe was quick in its response to the Arab Spring and adopted a new approach to relations with its Southern neighbours. Nonetheless, despite the great efforts and numerous investments...

In October 2013, the Egyptian writer Alaa al-Aswany gave a talk in Paris, to promote the French translation of his new book. The event ended in chaos, as a...

When the Israelis finally complete their "Iron Dome" missile defence system they are more likely to consider another attack against the people of the Gaza Strip. Once again, the...

The shadow of the ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has died aged 85, has always had a peculiar place in my life. He was in part the trigger...

In the wake of the recent termination of cooperation with Israeli companies linked to settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories by three Dutch business giants, Dutch Foreign Minister Frans...

The issue of oil has jumped to prominence in the political relationship between Ankara, Baghdad and Erbil (the capital of the Kurdish region in Iraq), and with it has...

It is clear that the Arab region is turbulent. It is also clear that the political situation is in a state of confusing fluidity; alliances have collapsed while others...

The Israeli authorities have taken advantage of the shifts in the Arab scene and the media's preoccupation with these shifts to further Judaise the city of Jerusalem by means...

In the midst of the sudden and bloody surge of violence that has plagued Iraq's Anbar province over the past two weeks, reportedly claiming nearly 250 lives, the country's...

Contradictions regarding human rights and the exploitation of oppression emanating from the United Nations have culminated in Ban Ki-moon's statement regarding the death of Ariel Sharon. Mingling sadness and...

There are three objectives by means of which we can assess the Israeli policy towards the conflict in Syria, which are not masked by Tel Aviv's feigned indifference and...

The general picture of the reality in Iraq is that Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki's regime is begging America to supply sophisticated weapons to combat terrorism. Foreign Minister Zebari has...

Last week, media sources revealed that a shipment of tear gas on its way from South Korea to Bahrain was stopped after a campaign by human rights and humanitarian...

When Israeli occupation's government of Benjamin Netanyahu began to officially call Palestinians and Arabs to recognize it as a "Jewish state", parties participating in the governing coalition started marketing...

The Palestine Olympic team has arrived in London. Made up of five athletes, it is the largest team Palestine has ever sent to the summer Olympics. The athletes are...

Sports activities in the Gaza Strip resumed two months ago following the most recent Israeli military escalation against the region in November of last year. During last year's attacks,...

An all women's motor racing team is not the first subject that springs to mind when imagining a new documentary to come out of the occupied West Bank, yet...

Seven months after a ban on domestic football was implemented in Egypt, the country's Ministry of Sport has announced that the Premier League will return on 17 September. The...

It begun with about 123 hours of footage, smuggled past suspicious border guards, and Jasper's kitchen floor for a studio: "Terrible for our backs and postures," Matthew explains. As...

Does history repeat itself? Where once we had the late Sheikh Muhammad Alsharawi praising Allah for the reprehensible defeat of our army in the 1967 war with the Israelis...