The seizure of Palestine can be considered one of the greatest acts of theft in the history of mankind. Israel itself is a war crime and a crime against humanity.
Thanks to the infamous Balfour Declaration of 1917, Palestine, an Arab country since (...)
For years, the Lebanese Shia militia Hezbullah projected itself as "pan-Islamic" and "non-sectarian." Its resistance to Israel in Southern Lebanon impressed many Arabs and Muslims, including this writer.
However, the party's active involvement in (...)
The Boston Marathon bombings ought to be denounced in the strongest terms, as no cause justifies murdering innocent people; not a single Palestinian family has been spared from the pain caused by acts of terror
There is no doubt that the bombing at (...)
The convenient marriage between Iran and the Arab left would have been unthinkable only a few years ago, given the traditional ideological paradoxes between patriarchal Persian Shiism, on the one hand, and leftist orthodoxy on the other.
Indeed, a (...)
The National Salvation Front (NSF) is the main entity encompassing opposition to the Islamists in Egypt. It often projects itself as a united and homogenous body. However, a closer look into it suggests a heterogeneous group comprising cacophonic (...)
Until Iran abandons, or at least significantly mitigates its parochial sectarian approach to the predominantly Sunni Muslim region, prospects for a dramatic breakthrough in Egyptian-Iranian relations will remain modest at best
Under normal (...)
The Egyptians, by nature, are a dignified and proud people who wouldn't beg for help. However, rich Arab states have a religious, moral, nationalist and human duty to extend a helping hand to their older sister, without whom their very existence, (...)
On 22 January, Israel will hold general elections which pundits predict will produce the most extremist and anti-peace government ever since the creation of the Jewish state more than 64 years ago.
The new government, expected to comprise the most (...)
For the sake of maintaining its credibility, or what has remained of it, the Egyptian opposition needs to engage in some deep soul-searching and to practice some self-directed accountability. This is not to say, of course, that the opposition (...)
During a recent episode of Al-Ittijah Al-Muaakes (The Opposite Direction) on Al Jazeera, an Egyptian liberal lambasted President Mohamed Morsi "for paying ample attention to his comrades in Gaza at the expense of the Egyptian people."
The guest, who (...)
In some recent internet articles, a number of American writers criticised and ridiculed me for arguing that Muslims have a legitimate right not to be offended by Islamophobes and other provocateurs just as Americans have a constitutional right to (...)
In addition to plain murder, Israel has been indulging in outright propaganda based on lies in the attempt to justify its genocidal killing spree in the Gaza Strip. In the final analysis, killing and lying go hand-in-hand.
A few years ago I spoke (...)
The right-wing Israeli government of Benyamin Netanyahu is trying to revive demands for international recognition of a "Jewish refugee problem."
A few weeks ago,Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon held a meeting at the UN to discuss the (...)
I have no iota of doubt in my mind that Iran, Hezbollah and other Shiite entities that embrace the manifestly genocidal regime of Bashar Al-Assad are well aware of that regime's thuggish and anti-Islamic credentials.
Which begs a key question, (...)
Hamas thought the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's accession to power would create a dramatic transformation in Gaza, however, they have discovered their Brothers in Cairo have different priorities
When Mohamed Morsi was finally declared the winner in (...)
On 18th anniversary of Ibrahimi Mosque massacre, Jewish settlers - backed by Israeli political/security establishment - are still striving to make lives of Hebron's Palestinians a living hell
On 25 February 1994, as hundreds of Muslim worshipers (...)
Hundreds of Palestinian activists and intellectuals have suffered the cruel Israeli practice known has administrative detention. They languish in detention camps not knowing the reason for their detention or the date of their release.Detainees (...)
Like in previous years, 2011 was more or less another "normal" year for the Palestinians as Israel, which is ruled by a racist coalition of right wing and religious parties, continued to narrow Palestinian horizons, effectively putting an end to any (...)
The cold-blooded killing of five Egyptian soldiers at the hands of Israeli security forces on Thursday, 18 August, is another blatant violation of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty. It is also a brazen violation of Egyptian sovereignty, national (...)
On the eve of his visit to Israel, Greek President Karolos Papoulias spoke of a "strong relationship in all aspects" between his country and Israel.
The fact that Israel continues to occupy Palestine, expand Jewish-only colonies on occupied (...)
Hair-raising reports that keep coming out from Syria speak of the Syrian army, whose raison d'etre is to protect the country from external aggression, ganging up on Syrian population centers one after the other, using T-72 tanks, helicopter gunships (...)
Stephen Harper, Canada's eccentric prime minister, claims to be conducting politics, including foreign policy, according to the "way of Jesus." However, it is amply clear that this man and his policies represent the exact anti-thesis of every (...)
Suspected Jewish terrorists torched a mosque in central West Bank on Tuesday 7 June, according to police sources and eyewitnesses.
Initial investigation showed Jewish settlers from the nearby settlement of Bait Ayen committed the arson by rolling (...)
Mohamed Yousef Hudeib, an elderly Palestinian refugee, lives with his family at the Fawwar Refugee Camp near Hebron in the southern West Bank.
This month, 63 years ago, Zionist terrorists, known as Hagana, drove him and his family, as well as (...)
Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, have nearly lost all composure over the recently-reached reconciliation deal between Fatah and Hamas.
Some Israeli officials went as far as warning that Palestinian national unity was (...)