An attack aimed at US warships in Aqaba sends a message to Jordan's pro-US government, reports Sana Abdallah in Amman

With an extended hand, Algeria exudes magnanimity in face of enemy fire, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Ahmadinejad's proposed new cabinet shows that the Iranian hardliners now hold all the strings of power in Tehran, writes Mustafa El-Labbad

The most significant thing about Israel's evacuation of settlements from Gaza was not the trauma -- it was that it happened, writes Graham Usher in the Strip

With all the settlers removed, Gazans are wiping their eyes, in disbelief and emotion, reports Erica Silverman

The fallout from the Gaza redeployment will shape Israel's domestic politics for the foreseeable future, writes Samir Ghattas

Banned from talking to foreign journalists, Mordechai Vanunu continues to challenge the State of Israel. He spoke to Ian Douglas in Jerusalem

Federalism, a second chamber of parliament, and a constitutional court -- all key issues which lie at the heart of disputes in the drafting of the Iraqi constitution, writes Zaid Al-Ali