Divide and destroy
Sharon sends bulldozers into Nazareth, but with an eye on Jerusalem. Jonathan Cook reports from Israel's only Arab city

Blowing the whole house down
The US House of Representatives once again dabbled in policies pertaining to the Middle East. Nevine Khalil examines whether Resolution 294 is a dud or a torpedo for the ongoing peace efforts

Roadmap timeline
25 June: Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrest more than 130 Palestinian civilians in Hebron and bulldoze one house in Rafah...

The last word
Encircled on all sides by its erstwhile "Great Satan", the Iranian regime is in no mood to listen to the domestic opposition. But can it afford to, wonders Mustafa El-Labbad

Crackdown cuts no ice
The capture of the alleged mastermind behind the Riyadh bombings is doing little to pacify right-wing anti-Saudi voices in the Bush administration, writes John R Bradley from Jeddah

Yemen fights its 'war on terror'
Government troops battled armed radicals in the mountains of southern Yemen, Nasser Arrabyee reports from Sana'a

Cumulative chaos
As attacks on US troops in Iraq mount, the country sinks further into chaos. Will the US reconsider its occupation strategy, wonders Salah Hemeid

The writing on the wall
The walls of Iraq bear witness to the demands of the people. Nermeen Al-Mufti deciphers the graffiti in Baghdad

Cosmetics or conviction?
Turkey passes another EU reform package, but questions remain about the government's sincerity. Gareth Jenkins reports from Ankara

WMDs good and bad
A BBC documentary on Israel's nuclear programme has been hailed in the Arab world and condemned by Israel. Dina Ezzat reports

For the love of planning
Talk by Arab governments about projecting a new image of the Arab world is not being matched with action

Defining repression
The definition of what constitutes a human rights violation in the Arab world depends on who you ask

Isolating Jerusalem
In this third of a four-part series addressing the main points of the Mideast roadmap, Jonathan Cook focusses on Israel's demographic war over Jerusalem

Jerusalem facts
"We will never concede Jerusalem. Never. As the prime minister of Israel, I am proud of the right to be Jerusalem's protector." (Ariel Sharon, Ha'aretz 30 May 2003)

Follow the oil
The US's pursuit of Iraqi oil is not only rapacious, but illegal as well, argues Ahmad Naguib Roushdy