There should be no delay in instituting a comprehensive national Palestinian dialogue, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Disengagement was and remains but cover for Zionism, as Israel's new prime minister openly admits, writes Jonathan Cook

How much longer can we deny that Egypt is fundamentally split, and that politics, society and our national unity are affected, asks Galal Nassar

Sinai-style terror, delinked from doctrine, is difficult to handle and necessitates addressing the social and political reasons of grievance, writes Amr Elchoubaki

Who, ultimately, benefits from the bombings in Dahab, asks Ammar Ali Hassan

The fine print of recent pardons granted to Islamists illustrates that the state in the Arab world remains omnipotent and set against true democratisation, writes Khalil El-Anani

The time is now to unify all fronts of the Palestinian struggle and to set an agenda for an interim unified programme of goals and demands, writes Nayef Hawatmeh

It is the time of decision. Mustafa Barghouti makes an impassioned call for national unity and the end to internal Palestinian conflicts

Political forces are preparing the ground for executive orders to wage war, writes Mohamed Hakki

The stand-off between Iran and the US can be resolved in one of three ways, writes Amin Howeidi