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Israel’s reasoning against peace: deal comes at high cost to Jewish privilege

Jonathan Cook considers the forces ranged against a just peace for the Palestinians, arguing that these forces include not just the squatters that inhabit the ever-expanding colonies in the West

Peace might upend wealth of Israelis

With the resumption of settlement construction in the West Bank yesterday, Israel's powerful settler movement hopes that it has scuttled peace talks with the Palestinians, too.

What if Peace Talks “Succeed?”

Many commentators expect the direct talks between Israelis and Palestinians to fail. But there is a much worse scenario: What if they "succeed?"

Start again with a clean sheet, Palestinians

Stuart Littlewood argues that the Palestinian National Authority has become “an abomination” whose “leaders have so fouled the nest that the stink is unbearable” and that the future “hinges largely

After Mubarak

Walking through the sweltering heat of the city’s streets, a visitor sees few signs that change is on the way in Egypt. Outdated posters of a young Hosni Mubarak –

Salah: We stand between paralyzed Palestinian, power-mad Israeli positions

Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic Movement in 1948 occupied Palestine, called on Mahmoud Abbas to admit the failure of the settlement option, which did nothing for the

At the centre of things

The week that The Economist chose to come out with eight stories on Egypt which dealt with, among other issues, President Hosni Mubarak's health concerns, the president was here and

Israel prevents official German delegation from entering Gaza

Palestinian sources reported that Israeli authorities prevented an official delegation from Germany headed by German minister of development Dirk Niebel along with seven German MPs from entering the Gaza Strip

Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt want Israel’s Gaza blockade to stay

THE Palestinian Authority and Egypt oppose lifting Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip but both call for easing the overland flow of goods to Gaza's 1.5 million residents.

Resheq: Pressures won’t make Hamas bow

Ezzat Al-Resheq, member of Hamas's political bureau, said Friday that no pressures would let Hamas recognize the Israeli occupation of Palestine as the Quartet Committee wants, urging the USA to