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Columns

Without the buy in of key stakeholders, Syria talks scheduled in Moscow this month will be an utter failure - if they even happen

Sharif Nashashibi

When Netanyahu called for French Jews to look for a safe life in Israel, he was reiterating an outdated version of Zionism

Meron Rapoport

Local ceasefires can be successful, but first the United States must free itself from entangling regional alliances

Gareth Porter

A dangerous Enlightenment myth that the world can be ‘cured’ of religion underpins this pro-war anti-Islamic movement

CJ Werleman

I went on holiday to Israel only to be detained, interrogated, held overnight and deported on ‘security grounds’ without reason

Hanan Chehata

'With Maha, you didn't just say it. You did it,' remembers Zahira Kamal, Palestinian Women's Affairs Minister, of her friend who died this month

Zahira Kamal