By Mohamed El Mokhtar The wide contrast between Palestinian economic hardship – an Israeli-imposed ordeal for the most part- and the Western-bankrolled, American-subsidized Israeli prosperity lies squarely, according to Mitt Romney, in the “cultural superiority” […]

By Jamal Kanj Pre-empting Mitt Romney’s campaign visit to Israel, President Barack Obama last Friday signed the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Co-operation Act of 2012. The bill was drafted by the American Israel Public Affairs […]

By Iqbal Jassat As Syria disintegrates and important landmarks in cities across many of its region displaying visible scars of war, it’s becoming clear that the Assad regime’s reign is terminal. While this outcome is predictable, the […]

By Felicity Arbuthnot – London ‘I think most people who have dealt with me think I am a pretty straight sort of guy, and I am.’ — Tony Blair, November 2007. In the last several […]

By Stuart Littlewood Mitt Romney is listed among People magazine’s 50 ‘most beautiful’ of 2002. He was up there with Nicole Kidman, Britney Spears and Julia Roberts. But how pretty does he look in 2012? […]

By Asma Agbarieh-Zahalka The late Moshe Silman’s act of self-immolation rattled the entire country. Both the media and social protest activists have put out heartfelt pleas to try to dissuade others from following suit. But […]