The Syrian Cauldron

Jonathan_Spyer

Over the ruined landscape of northern Syria, a number of core factors which today define the strategic reality of the Middle East are colliding.

The New Palestinian People

Ben-Dror_Yemini

MK Anat Berko says there is no such thing as a Palestinian people, and MK Azmi Bishara calls Palestinian nationality ‘a colonial invention’. It may be historically true that there once was no such thing as a Palestinian people, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t one now.

Palestinian Leaders: Who Are They Fooling?

Khaled Abu Toameh

For Abbas and the Palestinian leadership, the death of more than 170 Palestinians and 26 Israelis in the past five months occurred in the context of a “popular and peaceful uprising.”