Palestine

For the Palestinians the passage of time offers little reprieve. While their circumstances have changed this past year, they have only changed for the worse. Israel has systematically worked to …

Economics Oil prices are expected to fall slightly over the next year as high production feeds softening demand at a time of slowing global economic growth, a Reuters poll shows. …

American politicians have long been unpopular in the Middle East. Even before the release of the hugely offensive anti-Islamic film and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s unfortunate promise to kick …

A video showing US Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney saying the Palestinians are opposed to peace with Israel has been released on the internet. In a private speech to party …

The Egyptian-Palestinian relationship has been strained recently, but this trial by fire may forge stronger ties in the medium term. On August 6 gunmen attacked an Egyptian army checkpoint on …

It is five years to the month that the siege of Nahr El Bared began near Tripoli, and while the guns have gone silent, the potential for renewed conflict involving …

The year 2011 began with a great deal of uncertainty — perhaps even promise — for the Palestinians. Much of that had to do with the revolutionary fervor that had taken …

The prisoner exchange between Hamas and the Israeli government came at the only time it could; when the interests of both sides were aligned. In a sense, the actions of …

With one well-timed speech before the United Nations General Assembly, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas focused global scorn on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while causing American President Barack Obama …

Decades of fruitless, frustrating and ultimately self-defeating negotiations have yielded nothing meaningful for the Palestinians. For the Israelis, however, 20 years of the Oslo process have been immensely productive. During …