The immediate rejection by the Israeli government of the Agreement of Reconciliation between Fateh and Hamas, on October 23, is a necessary step towards the establishment of the Palestinian state; at the same time, it revealed the equal necessity of providing the feasible way to

In 1914 the European great powers, three of whose heads of state belonged to the same family, entered into war on a trivial occasion, but for political, economic and military rivalries.The results were disastrous for all the participants’ political systems, economic interests, ci

Looked at from today’s perspective, the immediate answer to the question whether the Great Arab Revolt was a success or a failure must look simple: the Arabian Peninsula and its inhabitants, which Sharif Hussein Bin Ali hoped to liberate from Turkish rule and unite, is a bloody s

The imminent possibility of another Netanyahu-led government in Israel, apart from being an act of defiance of the 65-year-old international community decision to partition Palestine, poses a special and acute problem for Washington. From 1997 onwards, all American governments h

US Secretary of State John Kerry’s thoughts on terrorism are welcome if they lead to a more profound understanding of the meaning of the word. The term today is very popular, especially in its “Islamic terrorism” version. But what is terrorism ? I understand