Palestinian exiles: When home becomes a foreign land
By Khaled Diab While Palestinians living in the diaspora are physically separated from Palestine, those who remain in the homeland
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Lost in confrontation in the Holy Land
As tensions mount, it’s hard to believe that Israelis and Palestinians share a lot in common – even the dreams of their great writers.
Read moreThe missing link: Re-connecting Gaza with the West Bank
Gaza and the West Bank are effectively on different planets. Connecting them must be part of any lasting solution and would make a world of difference.
Read moreThe power of Palestinian literature to write wrongs
The power of Palestinian literature lies in its ability to make a word of difference, gradually shifting perceptions and, through them, reality.
Read moreAtheists: The Arab world’s rebels without a god
In Egypt and other Arab countries, the atheism taboo has been broken. Atheists are rebelling against the status quo and demanding to be seen and heard.
Read moreIsrael’s missed opportunities for peace
Israel has squandered so many opportunities for peace that its very identity as a ‘Jewish state’ is in jeopardy.
Read moreThe stick of boycott v the carrot of recognition
The targeted boycott of Israel should be complemented with Arab recognition of the Jewish state and grassroots engagement with ordinary Israelis.
Read moreThe battle for Palestinian memory
Palestinians run the risk of forgetting the Nakba and there are those who do not wish us to remember it. But our future freedom depends on our memory.
Read moreShlomo Sand: “I am not a Jew. I am an Israeli.”
Bestselling Israeli historian Shlomo Sand on identity politics, political despair, why Lieberman is right… and drowning sorrows with Mahmoud Darwish.
Read morePalestine@UN: a Palestinian Masada?
Are Palestinian plans to go to the United Nations a case of passing the political hot potato, reinventing the Oslo process or a hopeless last stand?
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