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Who are the real prisoners?

When I asked in my previous article, "Until when this conspiracy of silence?" concerning more than eleven thousand Palestinian prisoners kidnapped from their homes by Israeli intelligence officers, and suffering

We can’t rely on American intelligence, so why entrust hostages’ lives to US forces?

Yvonne Ridley contrasts the bungled rescue attempt of UK aid worker Linda Norgrove, which resulted in her being killed by her American “rescuers”,with her own successful release from Taliban captivity

Egypt’s election campaign shows change is sluggish, but on the way

No one is holding their breath about the outcome of Egypt's parliamentary elections, which are certain to leave President Hosni Mubarak and his National Democratic Party in charge.

How Radical Christian Conservatives May Succeed in Destroying Democracy

There is a yearning by tens of millions of Americans, lumped into a diffuse and fractious movement, to destroy the intellectual and scientific rigor of the Enlightenment.

Carnegie endowment: US–Egyptian Relations on the Eve of Egypt’s Elections

A recent commentary titled “U.S.–Egyptian Relations on the Eve of Egypt’s Elections” by Michele Dunne senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and editor of the online journal,

The Endless Game of Peace

In the newest development concerning peace negotiations between Israel and the PA, Netanyahu has offered to partially extend the fake settlement freeze in exchange for recognition of Israel's Jewish character.

His father’s boy: the three faces of Binyamin Netanyahu

Uri Avnery considers the three faces of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu: the unprincipled conman, the street-wise trickster and the advocate of Greater Israel. He concludes that while Netanyahu displays

Arab regime credibility hanging by its last invisible thread

Alan Hart views the state of Arab impotence in the face of Israel and the Zionist-lobby-controlled US, arguing that if the Arabs were serious and united, the mere threat of

Critics question Obama’s authenticity in call for democracy

An article posted in the Washington post by Fred Hiatt discusses the US commitment to prioritise its call for democracy worldwide.

Leaked letter reveals Obama’s contempt for international law

Stuart Littlewood views US President Barack Obama’s willingness to ride roughshod over international law and the Geneva Conventions by granting Israel reckless and extravagant favours – courtesy of US taxpayers