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A stark choice
Washington's credibility in the Middle East is at a crossroads. Which way will it turn, asks Ibrahim Nafie
Ethics of resistance
The ongoing debate among intellectuals as they face the savage Israeli onslaught resulted in the petition, signed by writers and academics from all over the world, which was last week sent to the UN secretary-general. French philosopher Etienne Balibar has played a prominent role in the debate. Among the points he raised in correspondence with Israeli peace supporters was the issue of "suicide bombing not being the right form of resistance". Balibar argued that such methods of resistance "pose a fundamental ethical and political problem" and are part of the process of promoting "death culture". Below, we publish an open letter by the Palestinian academic
and writer Faisal Darraj discussing Balibar's ethical and political reservations and the text of the petition addressed to Kofi Annan
A French 11 September
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed compares the shock effect of the French presidential elections to that felt in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 11 September
The ghetto is calling
The time to act is now: Haim Bresheeth urges the world to remember the Holocaust
The spirit of Auschwitz
Holocaust Day, 9 April, is also the day on which Palestinians mark the memory of the Deir Yassin massacre. Omar Barghouti contemplates a grotesque coincidence that will not be consigned to the past
Dangerous liaisons
Assertive US "engagement" in the conflict in Palestine may prove no less dangerous than the vacillating posture it has adopted so far, writes George Giacaman
Battlefield oil
On the streets, the Arab masses demand bold action against Israel; their governments cringe at the thought of war. But there are other options, writes Salah El-Amrousi
The skeleton's out of the closet
A failed coup d'état in Venezuela should be a warning to Arab regimes that the CIA's "dirty tricks" division is very likely back in action, writes Ayman El-Amir
Street wise
There is "the street" and then there are those who play it, writes Bahgat Korany
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