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Opinions

2010-07-30
OPINION: Calls for one state from the Israeli right
Calls for a one-state solution between Palestinians and Israelis has never been the rallying cry of the Israeli right wing, until now.
2010-07-26
OPINION: Tweeting never started a revolution
New US funding for helping Arabs use new media won't help build democracy, writes Rami Khouri
2010-07-24
BLOG: Israel needs a Palestinian state
Israel's policies towards Palestinians are making Israel more insecure, argues Alon Ben Meir in the Huffington Post.
2010-07-22
WATCH: NYT's Kristoff visits Susya in Hebron Hills
The New York Times' Nicholas Kristoff argues that Israel's West Bank policies are profoundly unfair, with a video visit to the Bedouin village of Susya...
2010-07-22
Barghouti: Slow death of Palestinian democracy
Politician Mustafa Barghouthi argues in Foreign Policy magazine that Palestinian democracy is gradually dying out, hindered by Western interference and...
2010-07-19
OPINION: Palestinians work, Lebanon wins
The vote to grant the right to work to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is currently too close to call, even as the most serious debate ever held in Lebanon...
2010-07-15
OPINION: Force Israel's hand on Palestinian home demolitions
Seth Freedman argues in the Guardian, that the world needs to take direction action immediately to prevent Israel from carrying out future demolitions...
2010-07-10
ANALYSIS: All this talk frittering away statehood
All the talk about whether or not to engaged in proximity talks or direct talks, is frittering away the possibilities that negotiations will ever amount...
2010-07-08
ANALYSIS: In Gaza, Hamas may have weathered worst of storm
The worst could be over for Hamas whose rule in Gaza has survived three years of economic blockade and a full-scale Israeli military onslaught.
2010-06-28
OPINION: Israel offers misdirection on Gaza
Easing the import blockade won’t help Gaza. What it needs is a free pass on exports.
2010-06-22
ANALYSIS: German-Israel relations, isolating friends
Germany has long been considered one of Israel's best friends in Europe, but relations have begun to sour as of late. A spat of diplomatic missteps has...
2010-06-21
WITNESS: Writing on the walls in the Holy Land
Reuters Bureau Chief in Israel/Palestine, Alastair McDonald, bears witness to three years of covering the Holy Land.
2010-06-19
ANALYSIS: Obama faces obstacles as he changes tack
In trying to change direction and find "a better approach" to dealing with the long running crisis facing Gaza, the Obama administration is confronting...
2010-06-18
Israel’s dilemma: Combining true democracy with control
The aid flotilla to gaza attack has sparked a debate within Israel itself on the policies towards Arabs living within Israel and indeed on the wider question...
2010-06-14
ANALYSIS: Mabhouh affair raises questions, worries
Israel's alleged involvement in the killing of Hamas operative Mahmoud Mabhouh in Dubai raises serious questions, says the Jerusalem Post
2010-06-12
BLOG: War crimes advocate to head Israel inquiry
Israel's appointment of Giora Eiland to hear the flotilla inquiry is an "excellent choice" writes the Israeli Occupation Archive blog
2010-06-12
ANALYSIS: Israel's military loses its footing
Palestinian analysts, asked their perspective of Israel’s raid on a fleet of ships headed for the blockaded Gaza Strip, see cracks in Israel’s usually-tough...
2010-06-10
OPINION: Haaretz calls for Gaza inspection regime
Israeli daily Haaretz says that the only way to salvage Israeli credibility is to implement a maritime inspection regime.
2010-06-09
ANALYSIS: Israel's inquiry to be a whitewash
Legal experts agree that the commission of inquiry dispatched by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's deadly boarding of a fleet of Gaza-bound...
2010-06-09
Palestinian author gets film made in Hollywood
Palestine will be heading to Hollywood this year as a film shot by famed director Julian Schnabel will be picked up by high-profile Los-Angeles producer...