Opinion

Amid talk of the economy and jobs in this year's State of the Union address, Barack Obama called for Iran's leaders to "recognise that now is the time for...

The basic facts of the "Prisoner X" case are like something out of a Kafka-esque nightmare. The man, also referred to as "Mr X", was imprisoned in Ayalon Prison,...

Throughout the Syrian conflict, Russia has stood firmly by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Along with Iran, the country has defended its ally against calls by western powers...

In recent weeks, Egypt has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. As the two year anniversary of the revolution which ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak arrived, riots...

The UN's Special Rapporteur for human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, has called for an inquiry into the death of Ahmed Jaradat while he was in...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has renewed his commitment towards military aggression against Iran. In the light of recent talks about Iran's uranium program, Netanyahu addressed the American Israeli...

Well known for his anti-imperialist stance and support for oppressed people, Hugo Chavez's death has provoked a worldwide lament. In Palestine, activists participating in demonstrations against Israeli administrative detention...

Labour leader Ed Miliband has promised to protect Jewish traditions if he is elected Prime Minister. According to Britain's Jewish Chronicle, Miliband has also declared himself to be a...

In November 2012, 138 out of 193 member countries voted to upgrade Palestine's United Nations status to that of "non-member observer state". It was a way of symbolically supporting...

Increasingly, Jewish settlements in the West Bank are defined by the international community as the biggest obstacle to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. However, Israel is seeking...

Palestinian hunger striker Ayman Sharawneh's acceptance of Israel's "conditional release" has prompted various reactions from observers and activists. The deal, approved by Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency, involves...

After nearly six weeks of negotiations, Benjamin Netanyahu has stitched together a new governing coalition in Israel. Like the election, the new cabinet is focused on domestic issues, including...

Barack Obama's speech at the commencement of his first presidential term which was thought to have signalled a new approach to the Middle East has degenerated into a baseless...

By all accounts, Jordan's King Abdullah II prides himself on being blunt. That is certainly in evidence in Jeffrey Goldberg's long profile in the Atlantic, which was based on...

In May 2010, the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship, led a flotilla bound for Gaza, which planned to break the Israeli naval blockade. It was a humanitarian mission protesting...

Two years down the line and the bloodletting continues in Syria. Despite the fact that the opposition to the Assad regime consists of many different groups with wildly varying...

Benjamin Netanyahu has once again created a hodgepodge consisting of the holocaust, the 'Iranian threat' and anti-Semitism in order to justify the possibility of Israel taking unilateral action against...

Security concern continues to usurp collective consciousness and Jewish identity. Last Sunday, the Israeli government approved a proposal by Interior Minister, Gideon Sa'ar, to extend the citizenship law by...

British approval for Israel to temporarily display the Balfour Declaration during the inauguration of a museum in 2015 has met with verbal condemnations from the Arab League and leading...

Throughout his reign in Iraq, Saddam Hussein played up ethnic and sectarian tensions at every opportunity. He spearheaded a long campaign of violent oppression against Shi'ites (who make up...

Qatar's foreign policy is nothing if not enigmatic. Since the Arab Spring, the small Gulf state has drastically upped its diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, the culmination of...

Israel's furore at Google's decision to replace Palestinian Territories with Palestine in its localised search pages led foreign minister Ze'ev Elkin to issue a statement addressed to Google's CEO,...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced that it will launch a preliminary inquiry into Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla, which resulted in the deaths of nine Turkish...

The Israeli Ministerial Law Committee has approved a law developed by Yoni Chetboun of Jewish Home party, which would enable the IDF to press charges against individuals or entities...

Rewriting history in the Israeli narrative is as simple as refusing calls for independent inquiries into the countless crimes of the occupation. Years after Muhammad al-Durrah's death in 2000,...

Despite Israeli rhetoric about precision strikes and avoidance of civilian casualties during Operation Pillar of Defence, B'Tselem's report portrays a grim reality. According to the report, the Israeli military...

What can be done for a country whose death toll is close to 94,000; where 1.5 million refugees have fled the violence, executions are widespread, crimes are committed by...

During the research for my latest book Imperial Designs: War, Humiliation and the Making of History (Potomac Books – the University of Nebraska Press, 2013) I came across something...

Israel's deputy foreign minister, Ze'ev Elkin, has claimed that settlements 'have become a fact of life that must be recognised'. In an interview with Associated Press, Elkin, himself a...

In 1916 Britain and France secretly devised a plot to carve up and share out the Middle East between them. Under the authority of the Skykes-Picot Agreement it was...

Mordechai Kedar wants to abolish Al-Jazeera; his motive? That the Emir of Qatar, who is the most influential person in Arabia, uses the channel as a medium to broadcast...

In 2012 the EU joined the ranks of Barack Obama and Henry Kissinger in being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for allegedly contributing to 'peace'. Apart from Obama's track...