Fighting back
Following a fortnight of daily Israeli incursions into Palestinian population centres, Palestinian guerrillas have struck back. Khaled Amayreh reports

Gone bad
Various corruption scandals have rendered Prime Minister Ariel Sharon a sour prospect for most Israelis, Jonathan Cook reports

Kurds and the constitution
Although they signed it, many Shia leaders feel Iraq's interim constitution gives too much to the Kurds, writes Ramsey Al-Rikabi in Baghdad

Feeling Baghdad
A year on, while the memory of destruction and loss, suffering and struggle, remains, Iraqis pick between the scattered pieces of their cities to find strength to carry on, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti in Baghdad

Jordanian legislators up in arms
A new scientific centre on the Israeli border with Jordan provoked widespread opposition in Jordan and heated arguments in parliament, writes Sana Abdallah in Amman