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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

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

Mishaal: Siege on Gaza broken politically and ethically

Khaled Mishaal, the head of Hamas's political bureau, said on Monday that the unjust Israeli blockade on Gaza Strip has actually broken politically and morally, adding that negotiations with the

Construction Fever

With the Arab world and Palestinian Authority seemingly caught in a spiral of weakness and vacillation, and the Obama administration unwilling or unable to pressure Israel, the Israeli government has

Abbas is unfit to lead the Palestinian people

The reaction of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to the latest Zionist provocations, including the all-out settlement expansion drive in the West Bank, has been disastrous and calamitous.

Netanyahu declines Obama’s request to expand settlement freeze

The Israeli media reported that premier Benjamin Netanyahu rebuffed a request made by US president Barack Obama to expand settlement freeze.

On Jewish loyalty

Gilad atzmon considers the meaning of “loyalty” in Jewish discourse, against the background of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s demand that the Palestinians recognize Israel as an exclusively Jewish state

In whose name do they talk?

A second round of direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are taking place under the auspices of Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, in Egypt's Red Sea

“A framework agreement” between Israel and Palestinians: precursor to talks without end

Uri Avnery highlights the pitfalls of a “framework agreement”, which the parties to the US-mediated talks between Israel and Mahmoud Abbas have pledged to sign within a year, arguing that

Hamas, don’t blow this chance

Stuart Littlewood argues that the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas’s threats to step up violence serve only to aid Israeli and allied Zionist propaganda. He calls on the movement to seize