Meeting for the World Economic Forum, Israeli and Palestinian leaders indicate that the resumption of negotiations may be forthcoming. The time is ripe, writes Ibrahim Nafie

The art of diplomacy remains little changed since ancient days, writes Gamil Mattar

The continued absence of any clear vision of where Egypt is heading can result only in more chaos, writes Galal Nassar

Though Sunni, Egypt by history is founded on a Shia base, confounding agitators who want to drive a confessional wedge into the heart of Islam, writes Mustafa El-Feki

The Palestinians should quit governing themselves to the benefit of their colonial master and instead leave the political and financial burden to the state of Israel, where legally it lies, writes Adam Shapiro

From the early 1990s, the Israeli occupation has had but one goal: the complete destruction of the Palestinian national cause, writes Gabriela Becker

The US may be talking more and acting less, but the post-Cold War order remains more dangerous than its predecessor, writes Amin Howeidi