A one-sided resolution on ending conflict in Lebanon will not achieve its goal, writes Ibrahim Nafie

A chorus of apologists among Jewish intellectuals matches Israel's erasure of all distinctions between humanity and barbarism in war, writes Haim Bresheeth

Having turned 70, Galal Amin understands his father's equivocal reception of the events of 1952

Mahmoud Murad plots the significance of the 1956 nationalisation of the Suez Canal

Hizbullah has given pride to the Arab world, as has Lebanese society as a whole, writes Hassan Nafaa

International law is rendered irrelevant as Israel, in Lebanon now as well as Gaza, targets whole populations for slow yet purposive extermination, writes Felicity Arbuthnot

It is symptomatic of Western racism that Israel and its sympathisers are blind to what it is ordinary Arabs find admirable in Hizbullah, writes Azmi Bishara

The "new Middle East" Bush is dreaming of is but indication of the failure of his entire regional policy, writes Amr Hamzawi

Regardless of differences in doctrine and political tenor, what unites Sunni and Shia is more important than what divides them, writes Ammar Ali Hassan