Ramallah Resilient Under Siege
It was late Tuesday night and Saleem Sweidan, who runs Nablus TV, was trying to figure out where to sleep that night. The[…]
Al-Nakba at 53
Israelis often misunderstand the political meaning of the word Nakba which Palestinians apply to the events in 1948 that led to the dispossession[…]
Settlement Freeze is the way out
If there was one issue that the Mitchell committee seems to have zoomed clearly on in its report has been the issue of[…]
Cease-fire conditions
So finally we have it. A Middle East leader has finally pronounced the two-syllable word. Cease-fire. Sure, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s words were[…]
‘Situation on the ground can change public opinion’
More and more Israelis and their supporters in the US are making a major issue of the fact that the peace process is[…]
The dark road ahead
David Landau has been writing for Ha’aretz for some time. His path and mine have often crossed, usually when we are on different[…]
The Law of War
Is there a law for war? This was the way I have interrupted the various comments that friends of mine made this week.[…]
Jerusalem’s Survivors
Mrs. Asfour, a respected Palestinian woman in her late fifties had a problem the other day getting to her home in the Jerusalem[…]
Negotiations and Violence
The new Israeli government wants to create international precedent by its demands that Palestinians unilaterally end what it calls violence and terrorism as[…]
Closed bridges policy
The new Jordan River Bridge that has been built with Japanese money is impressive in its structure. Towering so high the new bride[…]