Jerusalem is abuzz with brilliant new ideas. The brightest minds of our political establishment are grappling with the problems created by the ongoing Arab revolution that is reshaping the landscape around us. Here is the latest crop of mind-bogglingly innovative...
Palestinian Revolution by Default
RAMALLAH - The Egyptian revolution, and the threat to autocratic Arab regimes all over the region, have forced rapid changes on the Palestinian political scene - with major players Hamas and Fatah scrambling to catch up. "We’ve reached the point of no return. A...
Dead Peace Process Could be ‘National Suicide’ for Israel
The U.N. Security Council is poised to vote this week on a new resolution condemning Israeli expansion into the Occupied Palestinian Territories and calling for an immediate freeze on settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, but the United States has already...
It Could Be Too Late for Two States
RAMALLAH - The credibility of the Palestinian Authority (PA) on the Arab street has been further weakened by the release of the "Palestine Papers," but ironically the release of the explosive documents by Al Jazeera could bolster support for the Palestinian...
Palestine Papers Cause More Heartburn in Washington
The exposure by al-Jazeera and London's Guardian newspaper of a huge cache of documents detailing Palestinian accounts of a decade of peace negotiations with Israel could deal a lethal blow to U.S. efforts to get a credible process back on track, according to experts....
Oasis of Peace Blossoms in Israel, To An Extent
NEVE SHALOM-WAHT ES-SALAAM, Central Israel - "Once upon a time," the educator tells Jewish and Arab five-year-old children, "a plant laid dormant, holding its life on the darkness around it, beholding the night. Butterflies, flowers and leaves, their...
Barak Unmasked
Greybeards Urge US Not to Veto UN Anti-Settlement Resolution
Some four dozen former top U.S. diplomats and prominent policy analysts are urging President Barack Obama not to veto a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution that is expected to reaffirm the illegality of Jewish settlements in the Occupied Territories. In a letter...
Serving Up Palestine One Slice at a Time
Who Lost the Middle East?
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, especially today in the Maghreb and Middle East. For the ouster of Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has sent shock waves from Rabat to Riyadh. Autocrats, emirs, and kings have to be asking themselves: If rioters can bring down...


