Op & Ed
by Bassam Abu Abdullah
It’s the same story we hear every time a new American administration comes to office or every time we witness a change in the Israeli government. Controversy starts over the ability of the new American administration to realize a just and comprehensive peace and talks spread of a dispute between Israel and the US as they start to have different points of view.
by Samir alTaqi
An unusual negative, shift, in the American-Syrian relation came up after the American administration chose to participate in the Israeli orchestrated allegations about Syria’s arms smugglings to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
By Samir alTaqi
Since his arrival to the White house, Mr Obama was keen to impress his interlocutors about his intentions to rethink the very nature of diplomacy and translate that vision into a revitalized American foreign policy.
by Dr. Radi al SHOUAIBI
The "Union for Palestinian Communities, Associations and Institutions (UPCAI) in Diaspora-Europe" expressed grave concern at threats against Syria made by an Israeli Ministerlast Sunday.
by Marwan Kabalan
Last February, Daniel Pipes, a pro-Israel American writer and an advocate of the notorious neoconservative movement, wrote a provocative article in the National Review Online.
by Tahsin al Halabi
Amira Hass, an Israeli journalist, disclosed in the Israeli daily Haaretz that the Netanyahu government is about to issue a "new military order aimed at preventing infiltration". The order would make possible the deportation of tens of thousands of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank.
by Marwan KABALAN
The current Iranian regime might not represent a perfect democratic example. It does not indeed fulfil the western criteria of democracy, but it cannot be described as authoritarian or totalitarian either.
by Humaidi alABDULLAH
In 2007, former U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, Jeffrey Feltman, and Director of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces,General Ashraf Rifi,signed a security agreement.
by Samir alTAQI
Long before the revolution and even under therein of theWest’s most loyal regime in the Middle East, Western attitude towards Iran was always problematic and confusing. Containmentwas the mudosoperindi of western policy towards Iran.
by Tahsin alHALABI
Most Israeli news analysts believe that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces increasing criticism from several European states over the Mossad assassination scandal in Dubai, is trying to divert the attention away by announcing more settlement plans in the Arab occupied territories.
by Samer Ladkany
“If you do something for long enough the world will accept it” Colonel David Reisner, former head of IDF legal department.
Continuing the colonization of the west bank is a pure provocation to the American administration as well as to the international community.
by Bassam Abu Abdullah
Turkish Army’s Chief of Staff General Ilker Bashbug has finally admitted that the document published in the Turkish liberal journal Taraf on June 12, 2009 under the title “An Operational Plan to Fight Reactionary forces” is authentic.
by Marwan Kabalan
After five years of troubled relationship, the Obama administration has finally decided to appoint a new ambassador to Damascus. The candidate for the ambassadorial post is none but the current deputy ambassador to Iraq Robert Ford.
by Hamidi Al-Abdullah
Lebanon’s first national dialogue meeting has been held for the first time since the formation of a national unity government.In naming participants, PresidentMichael Suleiman took into account the political changes Lebanon hasundergone in recent months.
by Tahsin Halabi
The Mossad scandal in Dubai is expected to leave deep scares at Israel's domestic and international relations. Ties with a number of European countries have been badly hit and it is very likely that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and head of the Mossad, Meir Dagan would be directly implicated in the assassination.by Marwan Kabalan
Seven years into the US occupation of Iraq, diplomats, statesmen and analysts are still debating a key question in international politics: when and under what circumstances can war be called legal?by Samir Al Taqi
Despite the ongoing debate on liberalism,sanctifying or demonizing it, the whole issue sounds very much like a dialogue of the deaf. The ill-fated reform projects on the national, Arab and regional levels have caused further confusion.
by Humaidi Al-Abdullah
Since the end of the civil war in the early nineties, Lebanon has not so far realized the desired economic prosperity. Although Lebanon’s economic conditions have substantially improved, it could not restore its role as a regional magnet for trade and investment.
by Marwan Kabalan
A year into his presidency, the security policy of the US, introduced by the previous Republican administration, does not seem to have undergone fundamental change under president Obama. On the contrary, the incumbent administration seems to have even adopted policies engineered and applied by its predecessor.
