Israeli analysts are waking up to the fact that all the force in the world will not break the will of the Palestinians or smother their national rights, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Instead of grumbling about Iran's region-wide and Iraq-specific role, Arabs should wake up and think intelligently about their collective security and communal interests, writes Azmi Bishara

Our analysts like to blame Arab leaders but neglect those who have failed to manage conflicts which directly involve them, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

While the world watches in silence as Gaza is bombed openly, without modesty, Israel presses forward with its imperious plans for the West Bank, writes Gabriela Becker

Congressmen are inventing fictional social conflicts in order to further corner the Palestinians, writes Zachary Wales

Extraordinary brutality in Palestine and Iraq is not exceptional but typical; indicative of the fervour of colonial and imperial policy, writes Hassan Nafaa

The regional scene is not encouraging, yet resistance to power and injustice in Palestine and Iraq can serve to inspire and perhaps redeem, writes Galal Nassar

While concepts of national liberation appear eclipsed by the shadow of the war on terror, the march of history inevitably heeds the cry of freedom, writes Ayman El-Amir