Zulaikha Abdullah

The political crisis over democratic secession in the mineral rich West African state of the Ivory Coast continues to cause agitation five weeks after the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, refused...

By Zulaikha Abdullah This week marks twenty one years since the November 18, 1988 declaration of a Palestinian state. To coincide with commemorations of this event, and amid increasing...

Last week, Brazil gave official recognition to a Palestinian state within the pre-Six Day War 1967 borders, following a written request from the Palestinian Authority's President Mahmoud Abbas. In...

In an interview for the BBC during an emergency tour of the Middle East earlier this month, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said: "Amid the opportunity for countries like...

In a speech to the Jewish National Fund convention in Jerusalem late last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a startling ultimatum to the Palestinian Authority: "Choose between...

At a press conference held on 18 May in The Hague, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, announced that he was seeking warrants, in accordance with...

After over half a decade of opposition, wrangling and controversy, the so-called 'Museum of Tolerance', sponsored by the US based Simon Wiesenthal Centre (SWC), last week received final authorisation...