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January 24, 2014

Making the preservation of Palestinian memory a priority

Yasser Arafat’s assassination, confirmed by the Swiss report detailing the discovery of polonium in Arafat’s exhumed remains, has been mired within a political debate in danger of ensuring further...

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January 24, 2014

Palestinian villages as "props" in Israel's military training

A cemetery; usually a place for loss and remembrance; grief and commemoration. However in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, a cemetery is also a place for military...

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January 24, 2014

Reinforcing compromising discourse regarding Palestinian refugees

An overview of the Fourth Committee’s meeting during the 68th UN General Assembly regarding the humanitarian work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in...

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January 24, 2014

The condition of the Syrian opposition after Geneva II

The Syrian political opposition has various viewpoints on the Geneva II conference. Some are eager to participate and see it as a turning point that will place the Syrian...

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January 24, 2014

The last chance for the two-state solution

The Palestinian cause is declining despite the negotiating process revived at the end of July. The eighth and most recent session of talks has just ended without making any...

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January 24, 2014

On the shifting of positions in the region

When you find a report titled “The story of the secret meeting in Beirut: Lines of communication restored between Damascus and Washington” in the pro-resistance newspaper Al-Akhbar, it means...

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January 24, 2014

The dangers of drafting Christian Arabs into the Israeli army

Israel’s Druze and Circassian citizens have been drafted into the Israel Defence Forces since 1958. Now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to oversee the plan to draft...

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January 24, 2014

One year later, Gaza journalists remember stories of resilience

The memory of his shattered leg will never leave photojournalist Khader Al-Zahar. One year later, Al-Zahar, along with many Palestinian journalists, continues to live the days of Israel’s November...

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January 24, 2014

How close are the Kingdom and Israel over Iran?

The relationship between Israel and Saudi Arabia is hardly characterised by friendly cooperation. The two countries do not have any diplomatic relations, and Saudi Arabia has always supported the...

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January 24, 2014

The web of new relationships in the Middle East

It seems like the first major fruit of the so-called Arab Spring has crystallised in a web of new relationships across the Middle East between Arab states and beyond...

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