That Zarqawi could be a hero to some is indication of how distorted US policy in the Middle East really is, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Calling for a referendum on the future of the Palestinian struggle is a mistake that can be rectified if key players act fast and in good faith, writes Hassan Nafaa

Al-Zarqawi may be dead, but America's problems in the Middle East and throughout the world are far from over, writes Ayman El-Amir

A number of factors indicate that democratisation is back to square one, unless the opposition can force the government's hand, writes Amr Hamzawy

It's not so much America killing an enemy as trading one of its key cards of propaganda for political gain in an elections year, writes Galal Nassar

The real rift in Palestinian society is between those fighting to preserve the class privileges of Oslo and their opponents who uphold the essentials of the Palestinian cause, writes Joseph Massad

How can the US justify talking to radical Islamists in Iraq while boycotting Hamas in Palestine, asks Amr Elchoubaki

Muqtedar Khan reflects on the differences between Islam in America and Germany

Abdel-Qader Yassine asks whether Israelis and Palestinians will ever be able to find each other in friendship amid the echoes and blows of history and occupation