At the age of 21, I crossed Gaza into Egypt to pursue a degree in political science.The timing could have not been worse.

“We won’t act like them, we will not use violence or force, we are peaceful, we believe in peace, in peaceful popular resistance.”This was part of a message issued by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in October, only days after a few incidents took place in whic

“Whether he made a mistake or not, is a trivial question,” said an Israeli Jewish man who joined large protests throughout Israel in support of a soldier who calmly, and with precision, killed a wounded Palestinian man in Al Khalil (Hebron).The protesting Jewish man des

A thousand Israelis and their supporters gathered in Jerusalem’s International Convention Centre on March 28 at a conference aimed at combating the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS).The conference was a display of “fear, paranoia, anger and determination”,&nbs

Whether history moves in a straight or cyclical line, it matters little.

The apparent sudden Russian military withdrawal from Syria, starting on March 15, left political commentators puzzled.Few of the analyses offered should be taken seriously.

Condemnations of the boycott of Israel seem to have fallen on deaf ears.

Regardless of the outcome of the American presidential primaries, or even the result of the general election in November, a frightening phenomenon is under way.The US has decidedly moved to the right, in fact the ultra-right.

When Arab streets exploded with fury, from Tunis to Sanaa, pan-Arabism seemed like a nominal notion. The so-called Jasmine Revolution did not use slogans that affirmed its Arab identity, nor did angry Egyptian youths raise the banner proclaiming Arab unity atop the high buil