(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, May 30, 2013
Gaza Held Hostage To Egypt's Turmoil While many in Egypt fully understand that finding a dignified and lasting resolution to the humiliation experienced by Palestinians in Gaza is a must, as they remain confined to a tiny space with no political horizon in sight, some media pundits are callously fanning the flames against the Gaza population and their government.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Syria as a Game-Changer: US Political Impotence in the Middle East It is most telling that over two years after the Syrian uprising-turned bloody civil war, the US continues to curb its involvement by indirectly assisting anti-Bashar al-Assad regime opposition forces, through its Arab allies and Turkey. Even its political discourse is indecisive and often times inconsistent.

SHARE        Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Hawking And A Brief History Of Boycotts On the very day that Hawking's decision to boycott the conference was announced, the "civil administration" in Israel agreed to the construction of 296 new housing units in the illegal settlement of Beit El, thus entrenching military occupation and ethnic cleansing.

SHARE        Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Hungry For Freedom In Guantanamo Eighty-six of the 166 Guantanamo detainees have been designated for release, but lack of resolve on the part of the administration, obstacles by Congress and a general lack of interest in the plight of these men, has left Guantanamo a human-rights abomination that is still open for business 11 years later.

SHARE        Thursday, April 11, 2013
Brotherhood Turns Back On Gaza For several months now and notably since the deadly August 5 attack in Sinai by unknown assailants--which killed 16 Egyptian border guards--the Egyptian army has actively been destroying Gaza's tunnels. Without tunnels, and no real, long-term alterative, Gaza will delve deeper into poverty and the crisis will likely reach unprecedented levels.

SHARE        Thursday, April 4, 2013
How Turkey's Regional Ambitions Crumbled There was a link between the growing influence of Turkey among Arab and Islamic countries and Turkey's challenge to Israel's violent behavior in Palestine and Lebanon, and its rattling against Syria and Iran. Turkey's return to its political roots was unmistakable, yet interestingly, was not met by too strong an American response.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, March 28, 2013
Obama's Peace Antics in Israel -- Four More Years of This? Netanyahu was gloating. He has managed to assemble a government that will cater mostly to extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank and also masterfully managed to humble the US president, or at least quash his ambitions that the US is capable of operating independently in the Middle East, without Israeli consent or interests in mind.

SHARE        Friday, March 15, 2013
Europe's Odd Policy In Palestine Without US and European funding it would have been nearly impossible for Israel to build settlements and transfer more half a million Israelis over the years to live on stolen Palestinian land, in violation of numerous international laws including the Fourth Geneva Convention. Israel is unrelenting and seems to have no regards whatsoever for any country or any relevant international law.

(2 comments) SHARE        Monday, January 7, 2013
Palestinians Must Find "True" Voice Palestinians are neither potential "martyrs" nor potential "terrorists." They are people who are being denied basic human rights, who have been dispossessed from their lands and are grievously mistreated. They have resisted for over six decades and they will continue to resist until they acquire their fundamental human rights.

SHARE        Friday, January 4, 2013
Iranians in Latin America Spook US The issue for Israel and its US conduits is entirely political. Iran is indeed expanding its political and diplomatic outreach, but entirely through legal and official means, something that the US has failed to do since The Monroe Doctrine gave the US exclusive hegemony over Latin America starting in December 1823.

(3 comments) SHARE        Monday, December 10, 2012
Hamas at 25: Beyond the tired language Anyone who Israel perceives as an enemy is instantly dehumanized and presented with crude and inane language. Social media help correct the imbalance to a degree, although also contributing to the polarization: a Palestinian thus becomes either a cold-blooded terrorist or a would-be martyr, bad or good, pro-US or pro-Iran, and so on.

(1 comments) SHARE        Friday, November 30, 2012
The war ahead in Gaza In 2008, embattled Kadima party officials sought war to boost their rating among a war and security-obsessed public. In 2012, national elections in Israel are upon us once more. In both cases, Palestinian blood had to be exacted in that same bloody game of Israeli politics. And all rising stars in Israeli politics needed to be there to impress the ever-approving public.

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Empire Trapped: The US' Unpromising Role in the New Middle East The US is now destined to live by the rules -- and redlines -- determined by Israel, whose national interests are barely concerned with the rise or demise of America. Israel only wants to ensure its supremacy in the "new" Middle East. If Iran obtains nuclear technology, Israel might have to negotiate in good faith as an equal partner to its neighbors, a circumstance that Israel abhors.

SHARE        Sunday, August 26, 2012
The Children Are Still Dying: Violence is Not News he dead, before they were killed, were people with names and faces. They were fascinating individuals in their own right, deserving of life, rights and dignity. Many are children, who knew nothing of Iraq's political disputes, invited by US wars and occupation and fomented by those who feed on sectarianism.

SHARE        Wednesday, July 4, 2012
A Post 'Arab Spring' Palestine Per Israeli calculations, Arab peoples are dismissible. They are a non-entity. But now Israel is forced to revisit that old calculation. Its fears that Egypt's new president, Muhammad Mursi will shun, or at least revisit the Camp David peace treaty -- signed between Egypt and Israel in 1979, with the ultimate aim of sidelining Egypt from a conflict that remains essentially "Arab" -- are well-founded.

SHARE        Saturday, June 2, 2012
Starving and Broke: Yemen's Renewed "War on Terror" The US has much unfinished business in Yemen. Like other US military adventures, the focus often stays solely on military targets, without taking much notice of the larger social and political challenges in the country. Needless to say, from a Yemeni viewpoint the US must be the least attractive foreign power engaging their government.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, May 24, 2012
Redefining the 'Arab Spring': Is Chaos Overtaking Revolution? The age of revolutionary romance is over. Various Arab countries are now facing hard truths. Millions of Arabs merely want to live with a semblance of dignity, free from tyranny and continuous anxiety over the future. This unromantic reality also includes outside "players," whose presence is of no positive value to genuine revolutionary movements, whether in Egypt, Syria, or anywhere else.

SHARE        Saturday, November 12, 2011
Freedom Waves Will Reach Gaza Predictably, the US government and mainstream media stood in unhinged solidarity with Israel in its latest escapade. Instead of warning Israel from harming any US citizens participating in the humanitarian mission, US State Department officials "reminded U.S. citizens that they could face civil and criminal penalties in their efforts to deliver resources to the Gaza Strip."

SHARE        Wednesday, October 19, 2011
'Theater of the Absurd': Netanyahu and His Endgame in Palestine The illegal colonies dotting the Palestinian landscape, in violation of many UN resolutions, are funded by US money. The Wall is also largely an American investment. Yes, in fact, the entire Israeli colonial project would have been unfeasible without US funding, political backing and the silencing of any country that tried to challenge this iniquitous paradigm.

SHARE        Sunday, August 21, 2011
NO Turning Back: Arab Spring Revolutions Restate Region's Priorities Despite US Disconnect As the Arab Spring continues to challenge dictators, demolish old structures and ponder roadmaps for a better future, the US remains largely committed to its failed policies, misconceptions and selfish interests of the past.