Moving checkpoints
There is something powerful about personal experience. No matter how much you read or hear about something, there is no substitute for actually[…]
TO SAVE 80 SHEKELS OR FOR THE ADVENTURE?
I was intended on not repeating my experience yesterday when I spent nearly 2 hours making the short trip from my office in[…]
The isolation of Jerusalem, another catastrophe
It all started as a nuisance in 1993. Twelve years later, this nuisance is becoming a major catastrophe for the over 200,000 Palestinians[…]
In search of an Arab ‘Gandhi’
For the past few weeks, Los Angles-based Palestinian director Hanna Elias has been very busy in Ramallah. He has been casting, auditioning and[…]
The people v the intelligence services
During the peaceful demonstrations in Lebanon last week, protestors carried huge photo posters of the heads of the intelligence services in Lebanon calling[…]
Something to celebrate
A curious thing is happening in Lebanon and other parts of the Arab world. Democracy might be the rule of the people by[…]
March 8th , Women’s Day, Good News from an unexpected source
Today is Women’s Day. In response to the call by the Director General of UNESCO, I decided, yesterday, to appoint Nahed Abu Toumeh[…]
Global democracy: will it stand the test?
US President George Bush tickled the fancy of lovers of democracy the world over when he focused his inaugural address in Washington on[…]
Abu Mazen’s greater jihad
I participated in the Palestinian presidential elections very early on Jan. 9. I drove to the village of Anata just outside the municipal[…]
The challenge to Mahmoud Abbas
Victory for Mahmoud Abbas in the Palestinian presidential elections will pose a huge challenge to the Palestinian leadership. By being voted chairman of[…]