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| Opinion: Lurking Danger: Palestinian Refugees in Syria - by Ramzy Baroud |
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“The flames are quickly approaching Yarmouk (as) someone is trying to drag the Palestinians into the fire,” commented Palestinian observer Rashad Abu Shawar (as cited in Israeli Jerusalem Post, July 20).
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| Opinion: The Abu Salim Prison Massacre and the Libyan Psyche – by Zainab Al-Arabi |
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Undeniably the most atrocious crime perpetrated by the Gaddafi regime, the mass murder of 1,200 prisoners in the Abu Salim prison on June 29, 1996 and the consequent cover-up, became the primary focus for the Libyan opposition inside the country and abroad, in their regenerated battle to remove Gaddafi from power.
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| Opinion: Can Syria Avoid Ethnic Cleansing? - by Gwynne Dyer |
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In war, moral power is to physical as three parts out of four, said Napoleon, and the past few days have seen a sudden and drastic shift in the balance of moral power in Syria. The bomb that killed the three most senior members of the security establishment last Wednesday may just have been a lucky fluke for the rebels, and the street fighting in Damascus may end with a (temporary) regime victory. But everything has changed in terms of expectations.
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| Opinion: ‘Democracy’ and Slaughter in Burma: Gold Rush Overrides Human Rights - by Ramzy Baroud |
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The widespread killings of Rohingya Muslims in Burma – or Myanmar - have received only passing and dispassionate coverage in most media. What they actually warrant is widespread outrage and decisive efforts to bring further human rights abuses to an immediate halt.
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| Opinion: The Election 2012 will Go a Long Way in History – by Mohammad Azeemullah |
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It is two days the National Election in Libya passed but the euphoria that the long-awaited event brought is yet to die down.
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| Opinion: Time to Talk Camp David: Will New Egypt Meet Old Expectations? - by Ramzy Baroud |
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Despite early assurances by Egypt's new President Mohammed Mursi regarding his “commitment to international treaties and agreements,” one can already foretell a likely confrontation between Egypt and Israel.
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| Opinion: Viva Libya!! - by Gada Mahfud |
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Landmark elections were held Saturday all over Libya and in six countries for expats . Though so much speculation preceded these elections, ranging from terror threats to a civil war, Libyans have once again risen to the meet the challenges and surprised themselves and the world by successfully holding their first peaceful elections in almost half a century.
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| Opinion (Part 2): Why I Am Optimistic About Libya’s future! - by H.E. Mr. Daeshick Jo |
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The second reason why I’m optimistic about Libya’s future comes from my lifetime observation of the experiment on the Korean Peninsula. Since the division of Korea into North-South 64 years ago, there has been a tremendous experiment on the social systems. The result of this is the base of my optimism.
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| Opinion: Let Issues Talk – By Mohammad Azeemullah |
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Many questions stem from the recent headline ‘National Elections in 7 Days, But No Issues Debated or Clear Platforms’. It caught attention of many readers.Elections without issues are like marriage without a bride. Well! The comparison may look whimsical but the correlation seems relatively well connected.
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| Opinion: The Oil Sanctions Against Iran - by Gwynne Dyer |
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There are cynics among us who would argue that the European Union’s oil sanctions against Iran, which went into full effect on 1 July, are a double triumph for Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
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| Opinion: Real Solidarity Now: Post-‘Arab Spring’ Palestine - by Ramzy Baroud |
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‘Will the Arab Spring serve the cause of Palestine?’ is a question that has been repeatedly asked, in various ways, over the last year and a half. Many media discussions have been formulated around this very inquiry, although the answer is far from a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
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| OPINION: Every Libyan Vote Counts - Except Mine – By Dr. Ismail Suayah |
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To exclude the majority of Libyans abroad from their country’s first democratic election in more than four decades is dead wrong; to do so after a multi-million dollar contract was paid to set up their voting rights is scandalous. Libya’s High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) paid the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) millions of dollars to set up out-of-the-country voting operation for Libyan expats in half a dozen nations around the world, including the US and Canada. Why were only six countries included in this contract when Libyans have fled to all corners of the world to escape Gaddafi’s oppression?
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| Opinion: Funny Money - by Morgan Strong |
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John McCain and I are in agreement, a rare moment of clarity for McCain. McCain, who on occasion demonstrates the integrity he is possessed of, but most often fails to employ, has expressed grave concern over the influx of foreign money into this year’s presidential campaign.
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| Opinion: The Tears of the Gibli – by Zainab Al-Arabi |
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The 'Arab Spring', a misleading term if there ever was one, has been drummed into our heads by the mainstream media. These two words are mainly used in reference to the tumultuous revolts of 2011 in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, and of course Yemen, but not in Bahrain.
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| Opinion: Give Humanity a Chance to Survive - by Maryam Hedayat |
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Every single day, we come across numerous instances of how a man stabs his brother to death on a dispute of land; how a husband kills his wife just on some baseless suspicion or personal quarrel; how a son murders his father because he is not allowing him to marry the girl he wishes to.
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