Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, of Likud, is on the verge of forging a government after five weeks or so of haggling. The announcement of a right-wing government will come soon, unless Bibi manages to...
Patrick Tyler is the Chief Correspondent for the New York Times. He was staioned in Cairo as Washington Post Middle East Bureau Chief. During the 1990s, before the start of the First Gulf War, he was...
With the results of Tuesday's Israeli election still largely undecided, one certainty has emerged from the chaotic aftermath: Israel is, as MJ Rosenberg noted on Wednesday, "becoming a right-wing...
In announcing the ceasefire in Gaza, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated that Israel had “reached all the goals of the war, and beyond.” It’s an odd choice of words, but I guess the right words...
My father's warning to me 9 years ago, faced with my first US election as a voter, has come true today: you're voting for yourself, and your father and your family, and your country. President...
For those of you just in from outer space, Israeli air strikes began against Hamas, a militant Islamist group, in the Gaza Strip on December 27 in response, the Israelis say, to the relentless but...
Originally published in The National. Reprinted with permission. Dear Palestine, I am sorry I cannot help you this time either. I apologise for the non-existence of my support; my excuse is not the...
I have let this go for far too long. I'm not conceited enough to think that what I have to say will make much difference either way, but as a United States citizen, a Jew, and a person who considers...
Unless you are living under a rock you are aware that once again Israel is launching an attack on Palestine. Gaza is once again covered in blood. I have strong feelings on this issue; however due to...
This is a review of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation by Saree Makdisi. W. W. Norton. 2008. Saree Makdisi is a Palestinian-American academic. What makes this UCLA professor stand out right...