May you live in interesting times, the Chinese say. If only we didn't. Last year was another in a series where we started out with hope for improvement only to find matters have gotten worse by the end. Political instability, conflicts and wars, (...)
An extraordinary film called Occupied Palestine, directed by David Koff, was shown last week at this year's Palestine Film Festival in London. Made in 1980, it documents life for the Palestinians under Israel's occupation at the time, giving voice (...)
In danger of imploding as a result of its leadership's folly and hostile forces abroad, it is what Syria has always stood for that should be uppermost in our minds, writes Ghada Karmi*
For months the Syrian conflict has been at the centre of the (...)
Killing Bin Laden has boosted Obama's re-election chances, while asserting the primacy of Western needs over those of all other peoples, writes Ghada Karmi*
Pondering Osama Bin Laden's killing on 1 May, I found myself linking that event to another (...)
While Palestinian negotiators are weak and prone to sign any peace deal, Israel's current leaders look set to reject every solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, writes Ghada Karmi*
What an irony that the Palestinians' archenemy, Israel, (...)
In failing to address the problem of Israel and its hegemonic designs, the two-state solution will never be a path to lasting peace, writes Ghada Karmi*
Reports of Israel's death -- to paraphrase Mark Twain -- are much exaggerated, though in the (...)
Can a breath of fresh air become the wind of change? There is a chance, writes Ghada Karmi*
For many, Barack Obama's speech in Cairo last week was a breath of fresh air. It seemed to lay out a clear vision for transforming American relations with (...)
Arafat's death served Israel well, leaving the Palestinians in disarray, says Ghada Karmi*
Last week I visited Arafat's mausoleum in Ramallah. It was a cold and rainy day, and I was among the only four visitors. At each corner around Arafat's tomb (...)
The courage and determination of one small group who refuse to stand by and watch Gaza starve is a lesson to us all, writes Ghada Karmi*
During a conference in California in May of this year I was surprised to receive an invitation from two American (...)
It appears clear to all but the Palestinian president that resistance, not supine collaboration, is the only strategic option, writes Ghada Karmi*
With the appalling death toll in Gaza, relentless assaults on the West Bank (in which negotiations (...)
The 1967 War is not the defining event of modern Middle Eastern history, writes Ghada Karmi*. A landmark, yes, but it cannot be the end
"We have united Jerusalem!" shouted a triumphant Moshe Dayan, Israel's chief of staff, on 7 June. It was the (...)
A duped Palestinian leadership merrily applauded the self-serving media show staged by Israel in Gaza, writes Ghada Karmi*
The importance that the world's politicians and media have accorded the Israeli "disengagement" from Gaza is extraordinary. (...)
The blame, writes Ghada Karmi*, is shared by many
No one knows what ails Yasser Arafat. Rumours are circulating that Israel has poisoned him. The evidence is entirely circumstantial and probably no more than fantasy though, when dealing with Israel, (...)
Whatever the discursive niceties it is important to realise that Israel is Zionist, and that Zionism displaces and kills, writes Ghada Karmi*
For those who have forgotten or never understood what Zionism is about two recently published pieces will (...)
Paranoia and wild imaginings can be comforting when faced with overwhelming state power and pure brute force, writes Ghada Karmi*
On a trip to Jordan undertaken this month just as the illegal Israeli attack on Syria took place, and in the shadow of (...)
By Ghada Karmi*
WAR CRIMES: Ariel Sharon is not known as the bulldozer for nothing. His reputation for ruthlessness was built on such feats as destroying Palestinian homes and lives
Blaming the Palestinians for their problems has been a weapon in (...)