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Arabs are more nuanced in judging America’s behavior

For more than two decades, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been the core element that has shaped Arab public opinion of the United States. But the tenure of President George W.

Only a one-state Palestine is possible

Christopher King looks beyond Israel’s latest crime against humanity, its murder in international waters of aid workers bound for Gaza. He argues that it is high time to accept the

Alan Sabrosky: The Madness Of Arrogance: Israel’s Attack On The Gaza Aid Flotilla

Israel's attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla on America's Memorial Day was all too predictable, although the form it took surprised even me. And it confirms the old proverb that

Israel’s bomb out of the shadows

Israel faces unprecedented pressure to abandon its official policy of “ambiguity” on its possession of nuclear weapons as the international community meets at the United Nations in New York this

A day in November: will Barack Obama face up to Israel lobby blackmail?

Rahm Emanuel is, so it seems, the American most hated by the leaders of Israel. He is considered the most dangerous opponent of the Netanyahu government in the White House.

Why is the Arab world frozen in time?

Why is it that at the beginning of the 21st century the Arab world seems stuck in time? Why are most Arabs still ruled by kings or military dictatorships? And

Arab Attitudes One Year After Cairo

The speech, which focused on shared problems, shared misconceptions and shared goals, elicited a near euphoric response from most officials and editorial writers across the Arab World. The reactions of

Bahar lashes out at American funding of Iron Dome

First deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council Dr. Ahmed Bahar has lashed out at the American Congress for agreeing to finance the "Iron Dome" system to defend Israeli settlements

Israel’s Messianic Terrorists

Barely a week goes by without news of some act of violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

The US-Egypt NGO funding problem

Despite Washington’s annoyance that Egypt renewed the controversial Emergency Laws that allow for arrest and detention without trial and the use of State Security Courts, the United States didn’t appear